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Convert a decimal to the binary format

//GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2) //http://cbasetest.codeplex.com/license using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; namespace SDFL.Helper {     public class StrHelper     {         /// <summary>         ///         Convert a decimal to the binary format.         ///         like:          ///         stra = Convert.ToString(4, 2).PadLeft(8, '0');         ///         //stra=00000100         /// </summary>         /// <param name="DecimalNum"></param>         /// <returns></returns>         public static string ToBinary(Int64 decimalNum)         {             Int64 binaryHolder;             char[] binaryArray;             string binaryResult = "";             // fix issue#5943: StrHelper.ToBinary(0)  result "", it should be 0             if (decimalNum == 0)             {                 return "0";             }             // end fix issue#5943             while (decimalNum > 0)             {                 binaryHolder = decimalNum % 2;                 binaryResult += binaryHolder;                 decimalNum = decimalNum / 2;             }             // rever the binaryResult, e.g. we get 1101111, then revert to 1111011, this is the final result             binaryArray = binaryResult.ToCharArray();             Array.Reverse(binaryArray);             binaryResult = new string(binaryArray);             return binaryResult;         }         } }