String of bits to binary format Python

Question

This seems really simple but I can't figure it out. I have a string of bits in a string format and want to convert it to a binary format. I assumed placing the string inside of the bin() function would work but it doesn't.

string = "01101"
print(bin(string))

• Giovanni: Take a look: devdungeon.com/content/working-binary-data-python

Answer 1

string = "01101"
print(bin(int(string,2)))

Answer 2

It depends what you mean by binary format.

Here's a few examples of what you can do:

>>> int('01101', 2)
13
>>> number = 13
>>> bin(number)
'0b1101'
>>> oct(number)
'0o15'
>>> hex(number)
'0xd'
>>> f'{number:08b}'
'00001101'

• Tom Lightfoot: Didn't realize you could specify a base within the int function, thanks.