Convert string binary to base 10

Question

I am creating an application that will do the formula shown in this video - The Everything Formula

I suggest you watch it to understand this. I am trying to replicate the part of the video where he takes the graph and gets what 'k', (The y Coordinate), would be. I took every pixel of the image, and put it into a string containing the binary version. The binary number's length is so large, I cannot store it as an int or long.

Now, here is the part I cannot solve.

How would I convert a string containing a binary number into a base 10 number also in string format?

I Cannot use a long or int type, they are not large enough. Any conversion using the int type will also not work.

Example code:

    public void GraphUpdate()
    {
        string binaryVersion = string.Empty;

        for (int i = 0; i < 106; i++)
        {
            for (int m = 0; m < 17; m++)
            {
                PixelState p = Map[i, m]; // Map is a 2D array of PixelState, representing the grid / graph.

                if (p == PixelState.Filled)
                {
                    binaryVersion += "1";
                }
                else
                {
                    binaryVersion += "0";
                }
            }
        }

        // Convert binaryVersion to base 10 without using int or long
    }

public enum PixelState
{
    Zero,
    Filled
}

"How would I convert a string containing a binary number into a base 10 number also in string format?" better if you give us a example of a string that you want to convert, instead of force us to compile and debug a sample code. — ElektroStudios, Apr 05 '17 at 04:37
At its core, a `String` is just an array of `Bytes` - can you rework whatever it is you're doing into an array? — Zac Faragher, Apr 05 '17 at 05:10

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 05 '17 at 05:40

1

You can use BigInteger class, which is part of .NET 4.0. See MSDN BigInteger Constructor, which takes as input byte[]. This byte[] is your binary number.
Result string can be retrieved by calling BigInteger.ToString()

answered Apr 05 '17 at 05:40

sulo

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Conversion from binary string to byte[] can be found [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3436398/convert-a-binary-string-representation-to-a-byte-array) – sulo Apr 05 '17 at 06:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 05 '17 at 05:44

Try using Int64. That works up to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807:

using System;

namespace StackOverflow_LargeBinStrToDeciStr
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Int64 n = Int64.MaxValue;
            Console.WriteLine($"n = {n}"); // 9223372036854775807

            string binStr = Convert.ToString(n, 2);
            Console.WriteLine($"n as binary string = {binStr}"); // 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

            Int64 x = Convert.ToInt64(binStr, 2);
            Console.WriteLine($"x = {x}"); // 9223372036854775807

            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

Convert string binary to base 10

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