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Print a binary number in C (See related posts)

These are two functions that print the binary representation of an integer. The first simply prints it out, while the second only prints out the relevant digits (i.e. cuts the first x 0 digits) in groups of four.

Explanation here.

#include <stdio.h>

/* Print n as a binary number */
void printbitssimple(int n) {
	unsigned int i;
	i = 1<<(sizeof(n) * 8 - 1);

	while (i > 0) {
		if (n & i)
			printf("1");
		else
			printf("0");
		i >>= 1;
	}
}

/* Print n as a binary number */
void printbits(int n) {
	unsigned int i, step;

	if (0 == n) { /* For simplicity's sake, I treat 0 as a special case*/
		printf("0000");
		return;
	}

	i = 1<<(sizeof(n) * 8 - 1);

	step = -1; /* Only print the relevant digits */
	step >>= 4; /* In groups of 4 */
	while (step >= n) {
		i >>= 4;
		step >>= 4;
	}

	/* At this point, i is the smallest power of two larger or equal to n */
	while (i > 0) {
		if (n & i)
			printf("1");
		else
			printf("0");
		i >>= 1;
	}
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
	int i;
	for (i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
		printf("%d = ", i);
		printbitssimple(i);
		printf("\n");
	}

	return 0;
}


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