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Display a number in binary

Nov 10th, 2008

I thought it was a simple task at first.
Don't ask me why, but I wanted to display a number in it's binary form.
Manipulating bits in C# seems a bit(no pun...) harsh.
The best I could come up with was :

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static void Displaybinary( uint i) 
        {
            const byte cByteSize = 8; //like the use of constants that seldom change
 
            int maxbit = sizeof(uint) * cByteSize - 1;
 
            uint d = Convert.ToUInt32(Math.Pow(2, maxbit)); //here d=2^31
 
            for (uint size = d; size > 0; size = size / 2)
            {
                if (Convert.ToBoolean(i & size))  //C# is very picky here
                    Console.Write("1 ");
                else
                    Console.Write("0 ");
            }
            Console.Write("\n");
        }
static void Displaybinary( uint i) 
        {
            const byte cByteSize = 8; //like the use of constants that seldom change

            int maxbit = sizeof(uint) * cByteSize - 1;

            uint d = Convert.ToUInt32(Math.Pow(2, maxbit)); //here d=2^31

            for (uint size = d; size > 0; size = size / 2)
            {
                if (Convert.ToBoolean(i & size))  //C# is very picky here
                    Console.Write("1 ");
                else
                    Console.Write("0 ");
            }
            Console.Write("\n");
        }

I tried to make it generic, but that's not that much of a problem,
beside the feeling I'm reenventing the wheel here, I'm not feeling so happy with the code.
Can anyone make any better suggestions?

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Re: Display a number in binary

Nov 10th, 2008

how about

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int myValue = 6000;
Debug.WriteLine(Convert.ToString (myValue, 2));
int myValue = 6000;
Debug.WriteLine(Convert.ToString (myValue, 2));