to_byte_array

gistfile1.py

from ctypes import *


def to_byte_array(val):
    width = val.bit_length()
    width += 8 - ((width % 8) or 8)
    fmt = "{:0%sb}" % width
    str_val = fmt.format(val)
    n = 8
    print "Str_val:   \t{}".format(str_val)
    return [str_val[i:i+n] for i in range(0, len(str_val), n)]

large_numbers = [65537, 12345678900987654321, 1233, 1, 6553455]

hulk_number = 500000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

large_numbers.append(hulk_number)

for num in large_numbers:
    print "Dec:       \t{}\n"\
          "Bin:       \t{:b}".format(num, num)
    byarray = to_byte_array(num)
    print "Converted: \t{}".format(byarray)
    build_array = c_ubyte * len(byarray)
    final_array = build_array(*[int(x, 2) for x in byarray])
    print "Byte Array:\t{}".format(final_array)
    print "      Raw: \t{}".format([x for x in final_array])
    print "      Bin: \t{}".format(["{:0b}".format(x) for x in final_array])
    print ""