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

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

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 : 11000000 10101000 00000000 00000001

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