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printBinary

Language/Type: C++ recursion

Write a recursive function named printBinary that accepts an integer and prints that number's representation in binary (base 2) to the console. For example, the call of printBinary(43); should print 101011 . You do not need to print an endl character at the end of your output.

If the integer is negative, print the binary representation preceded by a minus sign. For example, the call of printBinary(-6); should print -110 .

Constraints: Do not use any loops. Do not solve this problem by converting the number into a string. Do not solve it by using the pow function or any form of computing exponents; that is inefficient and not needed to solve the problem. Do not declare any auxiliary collections such as a vector or map. Do not solve it by using the ostream manipulation functionality such as setbase.

Function: Write a C++ function as described, not a complete program.

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