Binary.ToList

Binary

Converts a binary value into a list of byte numbers (0-255).

Syntax

Binary.ToList(binary as binary) as list

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`binary`	`binary`	Yes	The binary value to convert to a list of byte values.

Return Value

list — A list of numbers (each 0 to 255) representing the individual bytes of the binary value.

Remarks

Binary.ToList converts a binary value into a list of numbers, where each number represents a single byte (0 to 255). This is the inverse of Binary.FromList.

This function is useful for inspecting binary data at the byte level, performing byte-level transformations, or debugging binary content.

Examples

Example 1: Convert a binary value to a list of bytes

let
    Source = Binary.From("Hi"),
    Bytes = Binary.ToList(Source)
in
    Bytes

Applied Steps

Converts the binary value to a list of byte values: {72, 105}, corresponding to the ASCII codes for 'H' and 'i'.

	Value
1	{72, 105}

Example 2: Round-trip from list to binary and back

let
    Original = {0, 127, 255},
    AsBinary = Binary.FromList(Original),
    BackToList = Binary.ToList(AsBinary)
in
    BackToList