Converting a whole number to base 2 (Binary Operation)

I know there are built in functions for converting a decimal and whole numbers to binary numbers.

But I need help in writting a function: A = bin(n), that converts a positive, whole number (n) into binary format,

let say n=12. Please, I am a newbie in matlab trying to get a way around coding, so pardon me for naiveness.

A is an array of appropriate length that contains values of 1 and 0.

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Consider 19 as an example.

19 is odd, which is to say that the remainder when divided by 2 is 1. Write down the 1, subtract it from 19 to get 18, divide 18 by 2 to get 9. -> 1.

9 is odd. Write down the 1 to the left of the previous 1, subtract it from 9 to get 8, divide 8 by 2 to get 4. -> 11.

4 is even, which is to say that the remainder when divided by 2 is 0. Write down the 0, subtract it from 4 to get 4, divide 4 by 2 to get 2 -> 011.

2 is even. Write down the 0, subtract it from 2 to get 2, divide by 2 to get 1 -> 0011.

1 is odd. Write down the 1, subtract it from 1 to get 0, divide by 2 to get 0 -> 10011

0 reached. Stop. Final result is 10011 which is 16+3 which is 19, so cross-checking shows we got the correct representation.

I have given enough clues that you should be able to construct the algorithm and turn that into code.