C# binary constants representation

Question

I am really stumped on this one. In C# there is a hexadecimal constants representation format as below :

int a = 0xAF2323F5;

is there a binary constants representation format?

Answer 1

Nope, no binary literals in C#. You can of course parse a string in binary format using Convert.ToInt32, but I don't think that would be a great solution.

int bin = Convert.ToInt32( "1010", 2 );

Answer 2

You could use an extension method:

public static int ToBinary(this string binary)
{
    return Convert.ToInt32( binary, 2 );
}

However, whether this is wise I'll leave up to you (given the fact it will operate on any string).