Conver byte to string of 1's and 0's

[Guest]

I receive input in a byte which gives a value of 0-255. Is there an easy way
to convert this to a string. The string constiting of 1's and 0's. This is
necessay because I'm looking for a certain pattern of 12 1's and 0's in a
sting of 300 bits long. The pattern can be anywhere and doesn't start at
every fourth bit or any particular position.

 

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

In the worst case escenario this is extremely simple to do.

Of course, you have Convert.ToString( byte, int)

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Dave,

You can call the static ToString method on the Convert class, passing
the byte, and 2 as the toBase parameter, and it will give you the byte in
base-2 representation.

Of course, if you are looking for a specific pattern, you could just use
a bitmask, and perform shift operations, applying the bitmask every step of
the way.