Char2ByteArray.m

function byte = Char2ByteArray(character)
% Function Char2ByteArray converts an ASCII character into the equivalent
% 8-element array of 1s and 0s (representing a binary number)

% Input:
%   character: A single ASCII character
% Output:
%   byte: An 8 element 1D array of 0s and 1s representing a single byte of
%   information. The binary number corresponds to the number of the ASCII
%   character passed in. The output should be a row vector of type uint8
%
% Author: Henry Huang
c = double(character);
byte = zeros(1,8,"uint8"); % initialise byte array aswell as setting it to uint8 class
i = 8;
while c > 0
    remainder = mod(c, 2); % find remainder of current bit
    byte(i) = remainder;
    c = floor(c / 2); % Update c for next iteration
    i = i - 1; % Move to next most significant bit
end
end
% if c >=128
%     for i=8:-1:1 % If character decimal equivalent is 128 or greater then 1 would be first value
%         if mod(c,2) == 1 % Division method while finding remainder for bit
%             byte(i) = 1;
%             c = (c-1)/2;
%         else
%             byte(i) = 0;
%             c = c/2;
%         end
%     end
% else
%     for i=8:-1:2 % Else, character decimal equivalent is less than 128 then 0 would be first value
%         if mod(c,2) == 1 % Division method while finding remainder for bit
%             byte(i) = 1;
%             c = (c-1)/2;
%         else
%             byte(i) = 0;
%             c = c/2;
%         end
%     end
% end