HomeWork NumeralSystems - Task08

using System;
using System.Text;

class ShowBinaryCodeOfShort
{
    static void Main()
    {
        short num = 88;

        Console.WriteLine("\n{0} -> {1}", num, ConvertToBinary(num));
    }

    static string ConvertToBinary(short num)
    {
        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder() { Length = 16 };

        byte msb = (byte)(num < 0 ? 1 : 0);
        int numAfterMSB = -msb * (2 << 14) + num;

    result[0] = (char)(msb + '0');
        for (int i = 1; i < 16; i++)
        {
            result[16 - i] = (char)(numAfterMSB % 2 + '0');
            numAfterMSB /= 2;
        }

        return result.ToString();
    }
}