John D. Cook • 7/27/2026

Printing floating point numbers in binary

This article demonstrates a technique for printing floating point numbers in binary representation using Python. It highlights that while Python lacks a direct function for this, the float.hex() method provides a hex representation with a base-2 exponent. By converting each hex digit to binary and adjusting for the exponent, one can obtain the full binary form. Examples include pi and 1.03, with steps for padding and shifting the fractional point.

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