Convert int to a bit array in .NET

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Use the BitArray class.

int value = 3;
BitArray b = new BitArray(new int[] { value });

If you want to get an array for the bits, you can use the BitArray.CopyTo method with a bool[] array.

bool[] bits = new bool[b.Count];
b.CopyTo(bits, 0);

Note that the bits will be stored from least significant to most significant, so you may wish to use Array.Reverse.

And finally, if you want get 0s and 1s for each bit instead of booleans (I’m using a byte to store each bit; less wasteful than an int):

byte[] bitValues = bits.Select(bit => (byte)(bit ? 1 : 0)).ToArray();

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