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Remove the 0b in binary

I am trying to convert a binary number I have to take out the 0b string out.

I understand how to get a bin number

x = 17

print(bin(17))

'0b10001'

but I want to take the 0b in the string out and I am having some issues with doing this. This is going to be within a function returning a binary number without the 0b.

Solution

  • Use slice operation to remove the first two characters.

    In [1]: x = 17

In [2]: y = bin(x)[2:]

In [3]: y
Out[3]: '10001'