Can string formatting be used to convert an integer to its binary form ?

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Mirco Wahab:
> But where is the %b in Python?

Python doesn't have that. You can convert the number to a hex, and then
map the hex digitds to binary strings using a dictionary, like this:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/440528

Bye,
bearophile