Is there a nice way to split an int into two shorts (.NET)?

Question

I think that this is not possible because Int32 has 1 bit sign and have 31 bit of numeric information and Int16 has 1 bit sign and 15 bit of numeric information

Answer 1

Int32 num = 70000;

        string str = Convert.ToString(num, 2);
    //convert INT32 to Binary string   
        Int32 strl = str.Length;
    //detect string length


        string strhi, strlo;
    //ifvalue is greater than 16 bit 
        if (strl > 16)
        {
           int lg = strl - 16;
          //dtect bits in higher word 
           strlo = str.Substring(lg, 16);
     ///move lower word string to strlo 

            strhi = str.Substring(0, lg);
   //mov higher word string to strhi

        }
        else
//if value is less than 16 bit
        {
           strhi = "0";
//set higher word zero
           strlo = str;
///move lower word string to strlo 

        }

        Int16 lowword, hiword;
        lowword = Convert.ToInt16(strlo, 2);
        hiword = Convert.ToInt16(strhi, 2);
        ////convert binary string to int16
        }