I love u in Binary

"I love u" in binary

01001001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01110101

The text message spelling saves two bytes over "I love you": 8 bytes, exactly 64 bits.

Other ways to write it

The phrase in binary in five forms
Form	Binary	Copy
As typed	01001001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01110101
Lowercase	01101001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01110101
UPPERCASE	01001001 00100000 01001100 01001111 01010110 01000101 00100000 01010101
No spaces	0100100100100000011011000110111101110110011001010010000001110101
7-bit	1001001 0100000 1101100 1101111 1110110 1100101 0100000 1110101

Letter by letter

Each character of the phrase with its binary, decimal and hex code
Character	Binary	Decimal	Hex
I	01001001	73	49
space	00100000	32	20
l	01101100	108	6C
o	01101111	111	6F
v	01110110	118	76
e	01100101	101	65
space	00100000	32	20
u	01110101	117	75

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01001001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01110101

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Frequently asked questions

How do you write "I love u" in binary?

Write the ASCII code of each character as 8 bits, spaces included, and put the bytes in order: "I love u" is 01001001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01110101.

Is "I love u" in binary different in lowercase?

Yes. A lowercase letter is 32 more than its capital, so one bit flips in each letter you change. "i love u" in binary is 01101001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01110101.

How many bits is "I love u" in binary?

"I love u" has 8 characters, spaces included, so it takes 8 bytes: 64 bits in standard 8-bit binary, or 56 bits in 7-bit ASCII.