[c#] Convert integer to binary in C#

How to convert an integer number into its binary representation?

I'm using this code:

String input = "8";
String output = Convert.ToInt32(input, 2).ToString();

But it throws an exception:

Could not find any parsable digits

I came across this problem in a coding challenge where you have to convert 32 digit decimal to binary and find the possible combination of the substring.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Numerics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace ConsoleApp2
{
    class Program
    {

        public static void Main()
        {
            int numberofinputs = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
            List<BigInteger> inputdecimal = new List<BigInteger>();
            List<string> outputBinary = new List<string>();


            for (int i = 0; i < numberofinputs; i++)
            {
                inputdecimal.Add(BigInteger.Parse(Console.ReadLine(), CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
            }
            //processing begins 

            foreach (var n in inputdecimal)
            {
                string binary = (binaryconveter(n));
                subString(binary, binary.Length);
            }

            foreach (var item in outputBinary)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(item);
            }

            string binaryconveter(BigInteger n)
            {
                int i;
                StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();

                for (i = 0; n > 0; i++)
                {
                    output = output.Append(n % 2);
                    n = n / 2;
                }

                return output.ToString();
            }

            void subString(string str, int n)
            {
                int zeroodds = 0;
                int oneodds = 0;

                for (int len = 1; len <= n; len++)
                {

                    for (int i = 0; i <= n - len; i++)
                    {
                        int j = i + len - 1;

                        string substring = "";
                        for (int k = i; k <= j; k++)
                        {
                            substring = String.Concat(substring, str[k]);

                        }
                        var resultofstringanalysis = stringanalysis(substring);
                        if (resultofstringanalysis.Equals("both are odd"))
                        {
                            ++zeroodds;
                            ++oneodds;
                        }
                        else if (resultofstringanalysis.Equals("zeroes are odd"))
                        {
                            ++zeroodds;
                        }
                        else if (resultofstringanalysis.Equals("ones are odd"))
                        {
                            ++oneodds;
                        }

                    }
                }
                string outputtest = String.Concat(zeroodds.ToString(), ' ', oneodds.ToString());
                outputBinary.Add(outputtest);
            }

            string stringanalysis(string str)
            {
                int n = str.Length;

                int nofZeros = 0;
                int nofOnes = 0;

                for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
                {
                    if (str[i] == '0')
                    {
                        ++nofZeros;
                    }
                    if (str[i] == '1')
                    {
                        ++nofOnes;
                    }

                }
                if ((nofZeros != 0 && nofZeros % 2 != 0) && (nofOnes != 0 && nofOnes % 2 != 0))
                {
                    return "both are odd";
                }
                else if (nofZeros != 0 && nofZeros % 2 != 0)
                {
                    return "zeroes are odd";
                }
                else if (nofOnes != 0 && nofOnes % 2 != 0)
                {
                    return "ones are odd";
                }
                else
                {
                    return "nothing";
                }

            }
            Console.ReadKey();
        }

    }
}

using System;

class Program 
{
    static void Main(string[] args) {

        try {

            int i = (int) Convert.ToInt64(args[0]);
            Console.WriteLine("\n{0} converted to Binary is {1}\n", i, ToBinary(i));

        } catch(Exception e) {
            Console.WriteLine("\n{0}\n", e.Message);
        }
    }

    public static string ToBinary(Int64 Decimal) {
        // Declare a few variables we're going to need
        Int64 BinaryHolder;
        char[] BinaryArray;
        string BinaryResult = "";

        while (Decimal > 0) {
            BinaryHolder = Decimal % 2;
            BinaryResult += BinaryHolder;
            Decimal = Decimal / 2;
        }

        BinaryArray = BinaryResult.ToCharArray();
        Array.Reverse(BinaryArray);
        BinaryResult = new string(BinaryArray);

        return BinaryResult;
    }
}

primitive way:

public string ToBinary(int n)
{
    if (n < 2) return n.ToString();

    var divisor = n / 2;
    var remainder = n % 2;

    return ToBinary(divisor) + remainder;
}

Convert.ToInt32(string, base) does not do base conversion into your base. It assumes that the string contains a valid number in the indicated base, and converts to base 10.

So you're getting an error because "8" is not a valid digit in base 2.

String str = "1111";
String Ans = Convert.ToInt32(str, 2).ToString();

Will show 15 (1111 base 2 = 15 base 10)

String str = "f000";
String Ans = Convert.ToInt32(str, 16).ToString();

Will show 61440.

This function will convert integer to binary in C#:

public static string ToBinary(int N)
{
    int d = N;
    int q = -1;
    int r = -1;

    string binNumber = string.Empty;
    while (q != 1)
    {
        r = d % 2;
        q = d / 2;
        d = q;
        binNumber = r.ToString() + binNumber;
    }
    binNumber = q.ToString() + binNumber;
    return binNumber;
}

    // I use this function
    public static string ToBinary(long number)
    {
        string digit = Convert.ToString(number % 2);
        if (number >= 2)
        {
            long remaining = number / 2;
            string remainingString = ToBinary(remaining);
            return remainingString + digit;
        }
        return digit;
     }

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var @decimal = 42;
        var binaryVal = ToBinary(@decimal, 2);

        var binary = "101010";
        var decimalVal = ToDecimal(binary, 2);

        Console.WriteLine("Binary value of decimal {0} is '{1}'", @decimal, binaryVal);
        Console.WriteLine("Decimal value of binary '{0}' is {1}", binary, decimalVal);
        Console.WriteLine();

        @decimal = 6;
        binaryVal = ToBinary(@decimal, 3);

        binary = "20";
        decimalVal = ToDecimal(binary, 3);

        Console.WriteLine("Base3 value of decimal {0} is '{1}'", @decimal, binaryVal);
        Console.WriteLine("Decimal value of base3 '{0}' is {1}", binary, decimalVal);
        Console.WriteLine();


        @decimal = 47;
        binaryVal = ToBinary(@decimal, 4);

        binary = "233";
        decimalVal = ToDecimal(binary, 4);

        Console.WriteLine("Base4 value of decimal {0} is '{1}'", @decimal, binaryVal);
        Console.WriteLine("Decimal value of base4 '{0}' is {1}", binary, decimalVal);
        Console.WriteLine();

        @decimal = 99;
        binaryVal = ToBinary(@decimal, 5);

        binary = "344";
        decimalVal = ToDecimal(binary, 5);

        Console.WriteLine("Base5 value of decimal {0} is '{1}'", @decimal, binaryVal);
        Console.WriteLine("Decimal value of base5 '{0}' is {1}", binary, decimalVal);
        Console.WriteLine();

        Console.WriteLine("And so forth.. excluding after base 10 (decimal) though :)");
        Console.WriteLine();


        @decimal = 16;
        binaryVal = ToBinary(@decimal, 11);

        binary = "b";
        decimalVal = ToDecimal(binary, 11);

        Console.WriteLine("Hexidecimal value of decimal {0} is '{1}'", @decimal, binaryVal);
        Console.WriteLine("Decimal value of Hexidecimal '{0}' is {1}", binary, decimalVal);
        Console.WriteLine();
        Console.WriteLine("Uh oh.. this aint right :( ... but let's cheat :P");
        Console.WriteLine();

        @decimal = 11;
        binaryVal = Convert.ToString(@decimal, 16);

        binary = "b";
        decimalVal = Convert.ToInt32(binary, 16);

        Console.WriteLine("Hexidecimal value of decimal {0} is '{1}'", @decimal, binaryVal);
        Console.WriteLine("Decimal value of Hexidecimal '{0}' is {1}", binary, decimalVal);

        Console.ReadLine();
    }


    static string ToBinary(decimal number, int @base)
    {
        var round = 0;
        var reverseBinary = string.Empty;

        while (number > 0)
        {
            var remainder = number % @base;
            reverseBinary += remainder;

            round = (int)(number / @base);
            number = round;
        }

        var binaryArray = reverseBinary.ToCharArray();
        Array.Reverse(binaryArray);

        var binary = new string(binaryArray);
        return binary;
    }

    static double ToDecimal(string binary, int @base)
    {
        var val = 0d;

        if (!binary.All(char.IsNumber))
            return 0d;

        for (int i = 0; i < binary.Length; i++)
        {
            var @char = Convert.ToDouble(binary[i].ToString());

            var pow = (binary.Length - 1) - i;
            val += Math.Pow(@base, pow) * @char;
        }

        return val;
    }
}

Learning sources:

Everything you need to know about binary

including algorithm to convert decimal to binary

This was a interesting read i was looking for a quick copy paste. I knew i had done this before long ago with bitmath differently.

Here was my take on it.

// i had this as a extension method in a static class (this int inValue);

public static string ToBinaryString(int inValue)
{
    string result = "";
    for (int bitIndexToTest = 0; bitIndexToTest < 32; bitIndexToTest++)
        result += ((inValue & (1 << (bitIndexToTest))) > 0) ? '1' : '0';
    return result;
}

You could stick spacing in there with a bit of modulos in the loop.

        // little bit of spacing
        if (((bitIndexToTest + 1) % spaceEvery) == 0)
            result += ' ';

You could probably use or pass in a stringbuilder and append or index directly to avoid deallocations and also get around the use of += this way;

class Program{

   static void Main(string[] args){

      try{

     int i = (int)Convert.ToInt64(args[0]);
         Console.WriteLine("\n{0} converted to Binary is {1}\n",i,ToBinary(i));

      }catch(Exception e){

         Console.WriteLine("\n{0}\n",e.Message);

      }

   }//end Main


        public static string ToBinary(Int64 Decimal)
        {
            // Declare a few variables we're going to need
            Int64 BinaryHolder;
            char[] BinaryArray;
            string BinaryResult = "";

            while (Decimal > 0)
            {
                BinaryHolder = Decimal % 2;
                BinaryResult += BinaryHolder;
                Decimal = Decimal / 2;
            }

            // The algoritm gives us the binary number in reverse order (mirrored)
            // We store it in an array so that we can reverse it back to normal
            BinaryArray = BinaryResult.ToCharArray();
            Array.Reverse(BinaryArray);
            BinaryResult = new string(BinaryArray);

            return BinaryResult;
        }


}//end class Program

I know this answer would look similar to most of the answers already here, but I noticed just about none of them uses a for-loop. This code works, and can be considered simple, in the sense it will work without any special functions, like a ToString() with parameters, and is not too long as well. Maybe some prefer for-loops instead of just while-loop, this may be suitable for them.

public static string ByteConvert (int num)
{
    int[] p = new int[8];
    string pa = "";
    for (int ii = 0; ii<= 7;ii = ii +1)
    {
        p[7-ii] = num%2;
        num = num/2;
    }
    for (int ii = 0;ii <= 7; ii = ii + 1)
    {
        pa += p[ii].ToString();
    }
    return pa;
}

This might be helpful if you want a concise function that you can call from your main method, inside your class. You may still need to call int.Parse(toBinary(someint)) if you require a number instead of a string but I find this method work pretty well. Additionally, this can be adjusted to use a for loop instead of a do-while if you'd prefer.

    public static string toBinary(int base10)
    {
        string binary = "";
        do {
            binary = (base10 % 2) + binary;
            base10 /= 2;
        }
        while (base10 > 0);

        return binary;
    }

toBinary(10) returns the string "1010".

    static void convertToBinary(int n)
    {
        Stack<int> stack = new Stack<int>();
        stack.Push(n);
        // step 1 : Push the element on the stack
        while (n > 1)
        {
            n = n / 2;
            stack.Push(n);
        }

        // step 2 : Pop the element and print the value
        foreach(var val in stack)
        {
            Console.Write(val % 2);
        }
     }

http://zamirsblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/convert-decimal-to-binary-in-c.html

    public string DecimalToBinary(string data)
    {
        string result = string.Empty;
        int rem = 0;
        try
        {
            if (!IsNumeric(data))
                error = "Invalid Value - This is not a numeric value";
            else
            {
                int num = int.Parse(data);
                while (num > 0)
                {
                    rem = num % 2;
                    num = num / 2;
                    result = rem.ToString() + result;
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            error = ex.Message;
        }
        return result;
    }

    int x=550;
    string s=" ";
    string y=" ";

    while (x>0)
    {

        s += x%2;
        x=x/2;
    }


    Console.WriteLine(Reverse(s));
}

public static string Reverse( string s )
{
    char[] charArray = s.ToCharArray();
    Array.Reverse( charArray );
    return new string( charArray );
}

        static void Main(string[] args) 
        {
        Console.WriteLine("Enter number for converting to binary numerical system!");
        int num = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
        int[] arr = new int[16];

        //for positive integers
        if (num > 0)
        {

            for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++)
            {
                if (num > 0)
                {
                    if ((num % 2) == 0)
                    {
                        num = num / 2;
                        arr[16 - (i + 1)] = 0;
                    }
                    else if ((num % 2) != 0)
                    {
                        num = num / 2;
                        arr[16 - (i + 1)] = 1;
                    }
                }
            }
            for (int y = 0; y < 16; y++)
            {
                Console.Write(arr[y]);
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        //for negative integers
        else if (num < 0)
        {
            num = (num + 1) * -1;

            for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++)
            {
                if (num > 0)
                {
                    if ((num % 2) == 0)
                    {
                        num = num / 2;
                        arr[16 - (i + 1)] = 0;
                    }
                    else if ((num % 2) != 0)
                    {
                        num = num / 2;
                        arr[16 - (i + 1)] = 1;
                    }
                }
            }

            for (int y = 0; y < 16; y++)
            {
                if (arr[y] != 0)
                {
                    arr[y] = 0;
                }
                else
                {
                    arr[y] = 1;
                }
                Console.Write(arr[y]);
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }           
    }

Convert from any classic base to any base in C#

String number = "100";
int fromBase = 16;
int toBase = 10;

String result = Convert.ToString(Convert.ToInt32(number, fromBase), toBase);

// result == "256"

Supported bases are 2, 8, 10 and 16

BCL provided Convert.ToString(n, 2) is good, but in case you need an alternate implementation which is few ticks faster than BCL provided one.

Following custom implementation works for all integers(-ve and +ve). Original source taken from https://davidsekar.com/algorithms/csharp-program-to-convert-decimal-to-binary

static string ToBinary(int n)
{
    int j = 0;
    char[] output = new char[32];

    if (n == 0)
        output[j++] = '0';
    else
    {
        int checkBit = 1 << 30;
        bool skipInitialZeros = true;
        // Check the sign bit separately, as 1<<31 will cause
        // +ve integer overflow
        if ((n & int.MinValue) == int.MinValue)
        {
            output[j++] = '1';
            skipInitialZeros = false;
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < 31; i++, checkBit >>= 1)
        {
            if ((n & checkBit) == 0)
            {
                if (skipInitialZeros)
                    continue;
                else
                    output[j++] = '0';
            }
            else
            {
                skipInitialZeros = false;
                output[j++] = '1';
            }
        }
    }

    return new string(output, 0, j);
}

Above code is my implementation. So, I'm eager to hear any feedback :)

Very Simple with no extra code, just input, conversion and output.

using System;

namespace _01.Decimal_to_Binary
{
    class DecimalToBinary
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.Write("Decimal: ");
            int decimalNumber = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

            int remainder;
            string result = string.Empty;
            while (decimalNumber > 0)
            {
                remainder = decimalNumber % 2;
                decimalNumber /= 2;
                result = remainder.ToString() + result;
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Binary:  {0}",result);
        }
    }
}

Another alternative but also inline solution using Enumerable and LINQ is:

int number = 25;

string binary = Enumerable.Range(0, (int) Math.Log(number, 2) + 1).Aggregate(string.Empty, (collected, bitshifts) => ((number >> bitshifts) & 1 )+ collected);