sage code for decimal to binary expansion

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So in either case you have to do something... maybe b = a.digits(2); b.reverse() like this?

b = a.digits(2); b.reverse(); ''.join(map(str,b)) pretty much does the same thing as a.binary(). Doing this with other primitive data types can be done using the Python 'struct' package. For example, for floats: ''.join(bin(ord(c)).replace('0b', '').rjust(8, '0') for c in struct.pack('!f', num)). Anyone has any idea how to print the binary representation for Sage ring data types such as Rationals?

@VivekGandhi: what is the binary representation for a rational number? Is a.numerator().binary() + '/' + a.denominator().binary() what you mean? By the way, I don't think there can be a general answer for all "Sage ring data types," since they won't all have a meaningful binary representation.