Python int to binary string?

Question

Are there any canned Python methods to convert an Integer (or Long) into a binary string in Python?

There are a myriad of dec2bin() functions out on Google... But I

Answer 1

one-liner with lambda:

>>> binary = lambda n: '' if n==0 else binary(n/2) + str(n%2)

test:

>>> binary(5)
'101'

EDIT:

but then :(

t1 = time()
for i in range(1000000):
     binary(i)
t2 = time()
print(t2 - t1)
# 6.57236599922

in compare to

t1 = time()
for i in range(1000000):
    '{0:b}'.format(i)
t2 = time()
print(t2 - t1)
# 0.68017411232