How to convert decimal to binary list in python [duplicate]

Question

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Convert an integer to binary without using the built-in bin function

how do I convert a decimal number into a binary list.

For example, how do I change 8 into [1,0,0,0]

Answer 1

You can probably use the builtin bin function:

bin(8) #'0b1000' 

to get the list:

[int(x) for x in bin(8)[2:]] 

Although it seems like there's probably a better way...