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

Here is the code I've just implemented. This is not a method but you can use it as a ready-to-use function!

def inttobinary(number):
  if number == 0:
    return str(0)
  result =""
  while (number != 0):
      remainder = number%2
      number = number/2
      result += str(remainder)
  return result[::-1] # to invert the string