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Idiom #76 Binary digits from an integer

Create the string s of integer x written in base 2.

E.g. 13 -> "1101"

local s = {}

while x > 0 do
    local tmp = math.fmod(x,2)
    s[#s+1] = tmp
    x=(x-tmp)/2
end

s=table.concat(s)
import "fmt"
import "math/big"
s := fmt.Sprintf("%b", x)

x has the type *big.Int.

This works because *big.Int implements the fmt.Formatter interface.
import "strconv"
s := strconv.FormatInt(x, 2)

Here x has the type int64.

For very big numbers, prefer the type *big.Int.
#include <bitset>
std::bitset<sizeof(x)*8> y(x);
auto s = y.to_string();
#include <charconv>
std::string ToBinary(int x) {
  std::array<char, 64> buf;
  auto[ptr, ec] = std::to_chars(buf.data(), buf.data() + buf.size(), x, 2);
  auto s = std::string(buf.data(), ptr);
  return s;
}

The 2 at the end of to_chars is for base 2
(:require [clojure.pprint])
(defn s
  [x]
  (pprint/cl-format nil "~b" x))

Call s and pass an integer x to it and it will return your integer in base 2.

New implementation...