[Python-3000] String literal representation of integers (octal/binary discussion)

[Greg Ewing]

Bob Ippolito wrote:
> It would absolutely help if there was an obvious way to get a string
> of 1s and 0s out of an integer given the number of bits you want to
> write it as

The obvious thing would be

   "%bm.n" % i

where n = maximum number of bits.

--
Greg