Decimal to Binary (wo Array) - A DIFFERENT APPROACH (the way i do it)

 /*
* Title - Decimal to Binary Converter - My Way
 *
 * Programmer - Aditya Gupta (@Techy15)
 *
 * */
/*The more general approach is to take remainders after dividing by 2, but this one is by comparison*/
/*Compiled with g++ on Zorin OS (Linux)*/



#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

long pow(int a, int power){
        if(power==0) return 1;
        else if(power==1) return a;
        else return a*pow(a,power-1);
        }

int main(){
        int dec,bin=0,wtemp1,wtemp2,i=0;
        cin>>dec; wtemp1=wtemp2=dec;
        while(wtemp1>0){
                        while(wtemp1>=pow(2,i)){
                                 i++;
                        }
                bin+=pow(10,i-1);
                wtemp1-=pow(2,i-1);
                i=0;   
        }
        cout<<bin;
        return 0;
}
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