Failed Convert From Binary To String

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Hello codeproject member..
i am tried learning C# course to create an application that could to convert from string to binary and vice versa.

i am successfull to convert from string to binary using this code :

C#

public string StringToBinary(string data)
        {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            foreach (char c in data.ToCharArray())
            {
                sb.Append(Convert.ToString(c, 2).PadLeft(8, '0'));
            }
            string result = sb.ToString();
            textBox2.Text = result;
            return sb.ToString();
        }

usage to convert from string to binary

C#

StringToBinary(textBox1.Text);

but my problem is how to convert from binary to string again?
when i am tried using this code i was fail to get the original string. why?

C#

public string BinaryToString(string data)
{
    List<Byte> byteList = new List<Byte>();

    for (int i = 0; i < data.Length; i += 8)
    {
        byteList.Add(Convert.ToByte(data.Substring(i, 8), 2));
    }
    string result = byteList.ToString();
    textBox1.Text = result;
    return Encoding.ASCII.GetString(byteList.ToArray());
}

usage

C#

BinaryToString(textBox2.Text);

please teach me, sir. thanks in advance.

Posted 30-Aug-13 18:14pm

Gun Gun Febrianza

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-30T19:02:00

There is no such data type as "binary", so the question is simply ambiguous. As we don't know what is your purpose, you cannot get on definitive answer.

However, you can represent any string in certain encoding used for binary representation of Unicode. The encoding has to be one of the UTFs, as other encodings will cause the loss of data, as the cannot represent all Unicode code points.

For example, for UTF-8 (most popular encoding used to represent Unicode text in text files and on Internet), it would look like this:

C#

string myString = //...

//...

System.Text.Encoding encoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8; // change it to any other UTF in you want

byte[] data = encoding.GetBytes(); // got UTF-8 representation

string text = new string(encoding.GetChars(data)); // back to string
// at this point, myString should be the same as text

—SA

Rakesh Meel · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-30T19:21:00

This is your code which i Executed and Got proper output...

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
StringToBinary(textBox1.Text);
}

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
textBox3.Text = BinaryToString(textBox2.Text);
}

public void StringToBinary(string data)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
foreach (char c in data.ToCharArray())
{
sb.Append(Convert.ToString(c, 2).PadLeft(8, '0'));
}
string result = sb.ToString();
textBox2.Text = result;
//return sb.ToString();
}
public string BinaryToString(string data)
{
List<byte> byteList = new List<byte>();

for (int i = 0; i < data.Length; i += 8)
{
byteList.Add(Convert.ToByte(data.Substring(i, 8), 2));
}
string result = byteList.ToString();
return Encoding.ASCII.GetString(byteList.ToArray());
}

Priyanka Bhagwat · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-30T19:41:00

Solution 4

HI...
Hope this link helps You..

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6006425/binary-to-corresponding-ascii-string-conversion[^]

Happy Coding .....

Posted 30-Aug-13 19:41pm

Priyanka Bhagwat

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Gun Gun Febrianza 31-Aug-13 1:48am

problem solved bro thank you so much for participating help me :)

Thanks7872 4-Sep-13 6:00am

bro..??? :laugh:

Priyanka Bhagwat 4-Sep-13 6:18am

exactly.......journey from sis to bro... :)

Thanks7872 4-Sep-13 6:20am

;-)

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