How to find bits from any word

If you're not too concerned about performance, then this is an easy way to get all the bits or an individual bit of a byte or word:

using System;

class Bits

{

static void Main()

{

byte b = 1;

Console.WriteLine(GetBits(b)); // 00000001

Console.WriteLine(GetBit(b, 0)); // 1

ushort w = 3;

Console.WriteLine(GetBits(w)); // 0000000000000011

Console.WriteLine(GetBit(w, 1)); // 1

Console.ReadKey();

}

static string GetBits(byte b)

{

return Convert.ToString(b, 2).PadLeft(8, '0');

}

static string GetBits(ushort w)

{

return Convert.ToString(w, 2).PadLeft(16, '0');

}

static int GetBit(byte b, int number)

{

if (number < 0 || number > 7) throw new ArgumentException("Bit number must be between 0 and 7");

string bin = GetBits(b);

return bin[7 - number] - 48;

}

static int GetBit(ushort w, int number)

{

if (number < 0 || number > 15) throw new ArgumentException("Bit number must be between 0 and 15");

string bin = GetBits(w);

return bin[15 - number] - 48;

}

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