Convert Character to Binary in Python
Last modified: 2023-08-29
We can convert a character to binary using the format method in Python.
Conversion
Character -> N-bit
Using format method, the given character is converted to bits.
char = 'a'
format(ord(char), 'b')
# 1100001
Character -> 8-bit
We can specify 8-bit representation by prepending {0:08b} before the format method.
char = 'a'
'{0:08b}'.format(ord(char), 'b')
# 01100001
Character -> 16-bit
We can specify 16-bit representation by prepending {0:016b} before the format method.
char = 'a'
'{0:016b}'.format(ord(char), 'b')
# 0000000001100001