How to make Binary converter (text to binary converter)

Question

Hello, how can i make text to binary converter in visual basic Console application, i searched for it on the the internet and i didn't find anything useful for the console application. hope i can find the answer bellow.

thanks

Ghazi Mour

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Answer 1

Can you give the example of the text you want to convert and explain exactly what you mean by "binary" (everything in a computer is in binary).

Answer 2

If the text that you want to convert is a number entered as a string (e.g. "21") and the "binary" that you want to convert it to is a string containing the binary representation of that number (e.g. "10101"), you can do that in a console application like this.

Sub Main()
    Dim number As Integer
    Dim valid As Boolean
    Do Until valid
        Console.WriteLine("Enter a number")
        Dim input As String = Console.ReadLine
        If Integer.TryParse(input, number) Then
            Console.WriteLine(number.ToString & " in binary is " & Convert.ToString(number, 2))
            valid = True
        Else
            Console.WriteLine("Not a number")
        End If
    Loop
    Console.ReadLine()
End Sub

Answer 3

Thank you M.r Smith for this answer, but i want a text & number converter (i can change the text/numbers to binary)

but how can i make a hex converter for the numbers???

Answer 4

If it is the text itself you want to show in Binary, have a look at this

Module Module1

    Sub Main()
        Dim number As Integer
        Dim input As String = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
        For Each ch As Char In input
            number = Asc(ch)
            Console.WriteLine(ch & " Binary " & _
                              Convert.ToString(number, 2).PadLeft(8, "0"c) & _
                              " Decimal " & number.ToString.PadLeft(3, " "c) & _
                              " Hex 0x" & number.ToString("X2"))
        Next
        Console.ReadLine()
    End Sub

End Module

Answer 5

but how can i make a hex converter for the numbers???

Do you mean that you want to display a number (such as an integer) in hex?

The VB namespace supports the old HEX function, which accepts a number or a string as the argument.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/963zt96e%28v=vs.90%29.aspx

The current version is a standard format specifier ('X' or 'x') that can be used with the Integer.ToString method.  

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dwhawy9k(v=vs.110).aspx#XFormatString 

If you are talking about some other form of conversion, provide an example of what you want to convert and what you want to convert it to.

Answer 6

Thank you M.r Smith for this answer, but i want a text & number converter (i can change the text/numbers to binary)

but how can i make a hex converter for the numbers???

Please explain clearly what you want. Providing some examples of input and output would help. You didn't mention hex before.