vba string to binary
'VBA function to convert text to a binary string representation:
Public Function TextToBinaryString$(s$)
Dim c&, i&, lo&, bin$(0 To 255), d() As Byte
Const ZEROS$ = "00000000"
For c = 0 To 255
bin(c) = ZEROS
If c And 1& Then MidB$(bin(c), 15) = "1"
If c And 2& Then MidB$(bin(c), 13) = "1"
If c And 4& Then MidB$(bin(c), 11) = "1"
If c And 8& Then MidB$(bin(c), 9) = "1"
If c And 16& Then MidB$(bin(c), 7) = "1"
If c And 32& Then MidB$(bin(c), 5) = "1"
If c And 64& Then MidB$(bin(c), 3) = "1"
If c And 128& Then MidB$(bin(c), 1) = "1"
Next
d = s
lo = 1
TextToBinaryString = Space$(LenB(s) * 8)
For i = 0 To LenB(s) - 1 Step 2
Mid$(TextToBinaryString, lo) = bin(d(i + 1))
Mid$(TextToBinaryString, lo + 8) = bin(d(i))
lo = lo + 16
Next
End Function
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MsgBox TextToBinaryString("Hi") '<--displays: 00000000010010000000000001101001