Tech/Basics/Binary

Convert to Binary

To convert to binary, subtract the largest 2^N bit size from you range and repeat marking 1 for numbers you can subtract. For 8 bits here is an example.

234

1. 1(128)
2. 1(64)
3. 1(32)
4. 0(16)
5. 1(8)
6. 0(4)
7. 1(2)
8. 0(1)

Leaves us with 11101010 for 234