[Tutor] Explanation of this lambda

[Johan Geldenhuys]

Hi all,
 
I found this function that converts a integer into a 8 bit binary string. 
 
Would somebody care to explain what is happening in this process? 
 
def intToBin(self, x, count=8):
        """
        Parameters: `x`: integer
        
        Returns a 8 bit binary string of x
        """
        return "".join(map(lambda y:str((x>>y)&1), range(count-1, -1, -1)))

        
 
Thanks
 
Johan

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