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to_bin

Read the PG 18 manual

Converts the number to its equivalent two's complement binary representation.

Reading PG 18current·documented in 4 of 27 versions, 17 to 20

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Signatures & examples

to_bin ( integer ) → text
Converts the number to its equivalent two's complement binary representation.
to_bin(2147483647) → 1111111111111111111111111111111
to_bin(-1234) → 11111111111111111111101100101110
to_bin ( bigint ) → text
Converts the number to its equivalent two's complement binary representation.
to_bin(2147483647) → 1111111111111111111111111111111
to_bin(-1234) → 11111111111111111111101100101110
Version history 1
  1. 16 → 17 added

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