[Python] Formatted Binary

>>> '{0:08b}'.format(6)
00000110

Just to explain the parts of the formatting string:

• {} places a variable into a string
• 0 takes the variable at argument position 0
• : adds formatting options for this variable (otherwise it would represent decimal 6)
• 08 formats the number to eight digits zero-padded on the left
• b converts the number to its binary representation

ref. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10411085/converting-integer-to-binary-in-python