I have a byte 11001000, when I cast it to char type, it automatically adds 1s to its left so it now becomes 1111111111001000.
Why is that?
And how to avoid it so I can get a 0000000011001000?
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1Show your code. How you cast to char? – Masudul Dec 09 '13 at 06:12
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1See [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/17912706/2073001). – Steve P. Dec 09 '13 at 06:13
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2check the post below [answered here][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17912640/byte-and-char-conversion-in-java – Sameer Anand Dec 09 '13 at 06:15
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I am not sure why there are 1s instead of zeros but a character in Java is 16 bits and thats why there are 16 digits. Maybe you can use the & operator to get rid of those 1s.
11111111111111 & 0000000011001000
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