Convert from BitArray to Byte

Question

I have a BitArray with the length of 8, and I need a function to convert it to a byte. How to do it?

Specifically, I need a correct function of Co

Answer 1

Unfortunately, the BitArray class is partially implemented in .Net Core class (UWP). For example BitArray class is unable to call the CopyTo() and Count() methods. I wrote this extension to fill the gap:

public static IEnumerable ToBytes(this BitArray bits, bool MSB = false)
{
    int bitCount = 7;
    int outByte = 0;

    foreach (bool bitValue in bits)
    {
        if (bitValue)
            outByte |= MSB ? 1 << bitCount : 1 << (7 - bitCount);
        if (bitCount == 0)
        {
            yield return (byte) outByte;
            bitCount = 8;
            outByte = 0;
        }
        bitCount--;
    }
    // Last partially decoded byte
    if (bitCount < 7)
        yield return (byte) outByte;
}

The method decodes the BitArray to a byte array using LSB (Less Significant Byte) logic. This is the same logic used by the BitArray class. Calling the method with the MSB parameter set on true will produce a MSB decoded byte sequence. In this case, remember that you maybe also need to reverse the final output byte collection.