convert IP address to binary format using IPAddress Class in C#.NET

Introduction

In this snippet we will see how to convert an IP address to binary format using System.Net.IPAddress class.

IPAddress class contains the address of a computer on an IP network and supports IPv4 or IPv6.

static List<string> ConvertIPAddressToBinary(string input)
        {
           IEnumerable<string> binaries= IPAddress.Parse(input).GetAddressBytes().Select( x=> Convert.ToString                 	   (Convert.ToInt32(x), 2).PadLeft(8, '0'));
           return binaries.ToList();
        }

static void Main()
        {
            List<string> listBinaries = ConvertIPAddressToBinary(“192.168.0.1”)
            foreach (string binary in listBinaries)
            {
                Console.Write(binary + " ");
            }
        }

Output: