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On 23 Sep 2026 23:09:14 GMT, Stefan Ram wrote:

> Like,
>
>    ''.join( f'{i:08b}' for i in flag )
>
> ?

    def format_binary(n : int) :
        assert n >= 0
        return \
            "".join \
              (
                chr(ord("0") + (n & 1 << i != 0))
                for i in range(math.floor(math.log(max(n, 1)) / math.log(2)), -1, -1)
              )
    #end format_binary

Sample results:

    ldo@theon:python_try> ./format_binary 15
    15 => 0b1111
    ldo@theon:python_try> ./format_binary 16
    16 => 0b10000
    ldo@theon:python_try> ./format_binary 17
    17 => 0b10001