Binary value in java 6

Question

I have this binary value :

11001001111001010010010010011010.

In java 7, if I declare:

int value = 0b11001001111001010010010010011010;

and print the value I get -907729766.

How can I achieve this in Java 6 as well?

This is the version our server runs on...can't really change that. — Sergiu, May 08 '14 at 20:10
possible duplicate of [Are there binary literals in Java?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10961091/are-there-binary-literals-in-java) — Sunny Patel, May 08 '14 at 20:12
possible duplicate of [Converting signed binary string in two's complement to int?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10512699/converting-signed-binary-string-in-twos-complement-to-int) — assylias, May 08 '14 at 20:16

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 08 '14 at 20:17

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You have to parse it as a long first, then narrow it into int.

String s = "11001001111001010010010010011010";
int i = (int)Long.parseLong(s, 2); //2 = binary
System.out.println(i);

Prints:

-907729766

answered May 08 '14 at 20:17

Luiggi Mendoza

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 08 '14 at 20:51

Just so you know since Java 8 there is Integer.parseUnsignedInt method which lets you parse your data without problems

String s = "11001001111001010010010010011010";
System.out.println(Integer.parseUnsignedInt(s,2));

Output: -907729766

Java is open source so you should be able to find this methods code and adapt it to your needs in Java 6.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 08 '14 at 20:24

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You can't use the value you entered, because it is outside of the limit of Integer. Use the radix 2 to convert it on Java 6.

This will fail

    System.out.println(Integer.parseInt("11001001111001010010010010011010", 2));

with Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "11001001111001010010010010011010" at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65) at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:495) at Test.main(Test.java:7)

But this will work

 System.out.println(Long.parseLong("11001001111001010010010010011010", 2));

the output will be 3387237530

answered May 08 '14 at 20:24

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That is because the value int -907729766 is actually the long value 3387237530. Try this: long l = 3387237530L; System.out.println((int)l); – Alexandre Santos May 08 '14 at 20:59
@AlexandreSantos Not exactly. Decimal value of int `-907729766` is same as decimal value of long `-907729766L`. It binary representation of int `-907729766` is same as binary representation of long `3387237530L` (at least at last 32 bits). – Pshemo May 09 '14 at 16:54
Sure, but System.out.println((int)l) doesn't print the binary, it prints with the overflow. – Alexandre Santos May 09 '14 at 18:14

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