10bit binary number from a string to a byte

Question

Currently I have a 8 bit binary string and I want to shift it left and get a 10bit binary number from it. (ie 0111001010)

 String[] channels = datArray.get(n).split(" ");
 byte[] RI = channels[m+1].getBytes();
 String s = (Integer.toBinaryString(Integer.parseInt(channels[m+1])));

Example Values:

RI is equal to: [B@4223b758

S is equal to: 1100101

Any help is much appreciated.

`[B@4223b758` is a useless description (it's just the memory address of the object). Show the contents of the array. — nneonneo, Mar 13 '13 at 17:55

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 13 '13 at 18:00

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You can use following:

BigInteger i = new BigInteger("00000011" + "00", 2);
int x = i.intValue();

Where "00000011" is your string representation of 8 bit number. The "00" simulates the left shifting..

answered Mar 13 '13 at 18:00

Akhilesh Singh

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Seems like a lot of work to avoid using [`< – Jason Sperske Mar 13 '13 at 18:02
Actually no. If we notice the question starts with a String input and not a number type. If we have to parse the String, BigInteger is not going to be lot of work. – Akhilesh Singh Mar 13 '13 at 18:07

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

Wouldn't this work for you:

String input = "1100101";
int value = Integer.parseInt(input, 2) << 1;
System.out.println(Integer.toBinaryString(value));

Returns:

11001010

Parsed binary string and shifted left (one digit).

The two things that it looks like you are missing from your approach are the ability to specify a radix when parsing a String representing a binary numeral, and the left shift operator.

If you wanted the leading zeros I was surprised to see that there is no built in way to accomplish this, and the current wisdom is this is the optimal way (taken from this discussion)

System.out.println(String.format("%10s", Integer.toBinaryString(value)).replace(' ', '0'));

Which for the example value given would return this:

0011001010

I can see how my answer isn't that much different than @AkhileshSingh's but I think simulating bit shift operators is less clean. To each their own :) — Jason Sperske, Mar 13 '13 at 18:17

10bit binary number from a string to a byte

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