Byte to Binary String C# - Display all 8 digits

Question

I want to display one byte in textbox. Now I\'m using:

Convert.ToString(MyVeryOwnByte, 2);

But when byte is has 0\'s at begining those 0\'s

Answer 1

How you do it depends on how you want your output to look.

If you just want "00011011", use a function like this:

static string Pad(byte b)
{
    return Convert.ToString(b, 2).PadLeft(8, '0');
}

If you want output like "00011011", use a function like this:

static string PadBold(byte b)
{
    string bin = Convert.ToString(b, 2);
    return new string('0', 8 - bin.Length) + "" + bin + "";
}

If you want output like "0001 1011", a function like this might be better:

static string PadNibble(byte b)
{
    return Int32.Parse(Convert.ToString(b, 2)).ToString("0000 0000");
}