A short reference for converting binary to text and text to binary.
Useful tool: JsonToTable Binary Translator
| Text | Binary |
|---|---|
A |
01000001 |
Hi |
01001000 01101001 |
JSON |
01001010 01010011 01001111 01001110 |
- Standard ASCII characters are represented as 8-bit binary bytes.
- UTF-8 text may use multiple bytes per character.
- Binary strings should be grouped in 8-bit chunks when decoding to readable text.
- For quick checks, use an online binary translator that validates byte length before decoding.
- Debugging binary strings in API payloads.
- Teaching encoding basics.
- Converting short text snippets into binary for examples or tests.
- Checking whether a binary string maps to readable UTF-8 text.