Converting a byte to a binary string in c#

Question

In c# I am converting a byte to binary, the actual answer is 00111111 but the result being given is 111111. Now I really

Answer 1

Try this one:

public static String convert(byte b)
{
    StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder(8);
            int[] bl  = new int[8];

    for (int i = 0; i < bl.Length; i++)
    {               
        bl[bl.Length - 1 - i] = ((b & (1 << i)) != 0) ? 1 : 0;
    }

    foreach ( int num in bl) str.Append(num);

    return str.ToString();
}