Binary_converter.py

#Name: Graham Hough
#Date due: 1/23/15
#Purpose: to show how to convert numbers to and from binary
def main():
    user_num = input('Please type the corrisponding number: \n1. Binary to deciaml\n2. Decimal to binary\n')
    if user_num == '1':
        x = input('what is the number you want to convert?')
        result1 = binary_to_dec(x)
        print('The converted number is ' + str(result1))
    elif user_num == '2':
        try:
            x = int(input("What is the base 10 number you would like to convert? "))
        except ValueError:
            print("That's not an int!")
        result2 = dec_to_binary(x)
        print('The converted number is ' + result2)

def binary_to_dec(a):
    dec = int(a, 2)
    return dec

def dec_to_binary(a):
    end = False
    temp = a
    binary_string = ''
    while end != True:
        print(str(temp) + ' /2 = ' + str((temp/2)))
        temp = temp/2
        if temp % 1 == 0:
            binary_string += '0'
            print('\t\t\tRemainder: 0')
        else:
            binary_string += '1'
            temp = temp - .5
            print('\t\t\tRemainder: 1')
        if temp < 0.6:
            end = True
    result = str(binary_string[::-1])
    return result

main()