Python code to convert Integer into Binary

Question

I need a code in Python 3.3 to convert an integer into binary. This is my first try:

a = input(str("Please Enter a Number")
if a == float:
    print (1)
else print(0)
b = a/2
while True:
    if b == float:
        print(1)
    else print(0)

I don't know why I keep getting errors with the if a == float:. And I know that the rest of the code is wrong too, but this : makes me crazy.

Solution

You can just use the bin function:

>>> bin(100)
'0b1100100'

Ignore the 0b infront of the string. You can always get the raw binary numbers using using bin(your_numer)[2:].

Also, you can get this using the format function:

>>> format(100, 'b')
'1100100'