Question

How to find the number of bits necessary to represent an integer in binary with Python

Answer 1

# bit_length() - Return the number of bits necessary to represent an integer in binary, 
#                excluding the sign and leading zeros:

n = -58

print(bin(n))

print(n.bit_length())


'''
run:

-0b111010
6

'''

 

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