How to convert an integer to binary in Java
Tarun TelangIntroduction
There are multiple techniques for converting an integer (i) to equivalent binary representation. This article discusses the most straightforward approach.
Integer.toBinaryString(int i)
To convert an integer to binary, we can simply call the
public static String toBinaryString(int i) method of the Integer class. This method returns the binary string that corresponds to the integer passed as an argument to this function.
Adding padding 0s and 4-bit block for printing
The string returned from the Integer.toBinaryString(int i) method call would not have padding by 0s.
To add the padding, first format the string to fixed-width string using the String.format() method. Then, replace spaces with 0s using the String.replaceAll(String str, String replacement).
Take a look at the code snippet below:
String.format("%32s", binaryString).replaceAll(" ", "0");
Adding 4-bit blocks
For increased readability, we can add 4-bit blocks using the following code snippet.
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for (int i = 0; i< binaryString.length(); i++ ) {
sb.append(binaryString.charAt(i));
if (i%4 == 3 && i != binaryString.length() - 1)
sb.append(separator);
}
Take a look at the code below to understand this better.
import java.util.*;
class Int2Binary {
private static String binaryString;
private static void int2binary(int n) {
binaryString = Integer.toBinaryString(n);
}
private static void addPadding(){
binaryString = String.format("%32s", binaryString).replaceAll(" ", "0");
}
private static void addBlocks(String separator) {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for (int i = 0; i< binaryString.length(); i++ ){
sb.append(binaryString.charAt(i));
if (i%4 == 3 && i != binaryString.length() - 1)
sb.append(separator);
}
binaryString = sb.toString();
}
public static void convert2Binary(int n) {
int2binary(n);
addPadding();
addBlocks("_");
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
int n = 10;
for (int i = -5; i <= 5; i++){
convert2Binary(i);
System.out.format("Binary representation of %2d is %s\n", i, binaryString);
}
}
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