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Robert
Robert

Reputation: 6226

Convert Byte To String

I would like to convert a byte to a string.

Example:

byte testByte = 0x05;

testByte should be converted to "00000101"

I have tried Convert.ToString(testByte, 2), but it only returns "101"

Upvotes: 4

Views: 307

Answers (2)

ChaosPandion
ChaosPandion

Reputation: 78312

static string ToBase2String(int n, int pad)
{
    var s = n < 0 ? "-" : "";
    var v = n < 0 ? -n : n;

    while (v > 0)
    {
        s = (v % 2 == 0 ? "0" : "1") + s;
        v /= 2;
    }

    return s.PadLeft(pad, '0');
}

Upvotes: -1

Mark
Mark

Reputation: 983

You're pretty close already all you need to do is call PadLeft on the resulting String that you have already:

Convert.ToString(testByte, 2).PadLeft(8,'0');

Upvotes: 4

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