Convert an Integer into 32bit Binary Python

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I am trying to make a program that converts a given integer(limited by the value 32 bit int can hold) into 32 bit binary number. For example 1 should return (000..31times)1. I have been searching the documents and everything but haven't been able to find some concrete way. I got it working where number of bits are according to the number size but in String. Can anybody tell a more efficient way to go about this?

Possible duplicate of [python convert to binary and keep leading zeros](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16926130/python-convert-to-binary-and-keep-leading-zeros) — Josh Kelley, Mar 26 '17 at 02:41
Yes, I want this representation because I am trying to build an webapp which mimics the Assembler(with limited functionality) — Pooja Gupta, Mar 27 '17 at 04:13

score 23 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 26 '17 at 02:56

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'{:032b}'.format(n) where n is an integer. If the binary representation is greater than 32 digits it will expand as necessary:

>>> '{:032b}'.format(100)
'00000000000000000000000001100100'
>>> '{:032b}'.format(8589934591)
'111111111111111111111111111111111'
>>> '{:032b}'.format(8589934591 + 1)
'1000000000000000000000000000000000'    # N.B. this is 33 digits long

answered Mar 26 '17 at 02:56

mhawke

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But this returns a string,I need a binary number because I want to add features like left shift and right shift also. – Pooja Gupta Mar 26 '17 at 03:02
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@PoojaGupta You are looking for an `int` – juanpa.arrivillaga Mar 26 '17 at 03:09
How about converting negative values? – Scott Nov 08 '21 at 06:51

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 14 '18 at 15:28

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You can just left or right shift integer and convert it to string for display if you need.

>>> 1<<1
2
>>> "{:032b}".format(2)
'00000000000000000000000000000010'
>>>

or if you just need a binary you can consider bin

>>> bin(4)
'0b100'

answered Oct 14 '18 at 15:28

Andy Wong

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 08 '21 at 17:25

Say for example the number you want to convert into 32 bit binary is 4. So, num=4. Here is the code that does this: "s" is the empty string initially.

for i in range(31,-1,-1):
    cur=(num>>i) & 1 #(right shift operation on num and i and bitwise AND with 1)
    s+=str(cur)
print(s)#s contains 32 bit binary representation of 4(00000000000000000000000000000100)

00000000000000000000000000000100

Convert an Integer into 32bit Binary Python

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