cbinaryprintf

How to print binary number via printf

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Is there a printf converter to print in binary format?

Here is my program

#include<stdio.h>
int main ()
{
    int i,a=2;
    i=~a;
    printf("a=%d\ni=%d\n",a,i);

    return 0;
}

The output is

a=2
i=-3

I want this to print in binary. There are...

...but what is for printing binary in printf?

Solution

  • printf() doesn't directly support that. Instead you have to make your own function.

    Something like:

    while (n) {
    if (n & 1)
        printf("1");
    else
        printf("0");

    n >>= 1;
}
printf("\n");