Converting String to binary code

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Hey there,

I would like to convert a String to a String of binary code at runtime.

Like:

String myText = "Hello World";
String binaryText = "0100100001100101011011000110110001101111001000000101011101101111011100100110110001100100";

Unfortunately I don't have a clue how to do it.
Can somebody help me?

Thank You!

2

a clue only:

byte *p = myText;
while (*p != 0)  { Serial.print(*p, BIN); p++; }
3

bitRead

4

You can do it like this. In my sketch the least significant bits of each character are printed first, so the output will look a little different than what you posted. Is that OK?

// Text to binary using serial monitor input
// Tom Fangrow, August 10, 2012

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);         // open serial port at 9600 baud
}

void loop() {
  if(Serial.available()) {    // if anything on port
    byte c = Serial.read();   // read one character
    for(int i=0; i<8; i++) {  
      Serial.print(c%2);      // print the least significant bit
      c /= 2;                 // move to next significant bit
    }
  }
}
5

Thank you all for the reply! :slight_smile:

This is my solution:

String myText = "Hello World";

for(int i=0; i<myText.length(); i++){

   char myChar = myText.charAt(i);
  
    for(int i=7; i>=0; i--){
      byte bytes = bitRead(myChar,i);
      Serial.print(bytes, BIN);
    }

    Serial.println("");
 }
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