I am trying to convert an Integer to a byte array (array of 4 bytes) and then I will extract the last 4 bits of each byte, then I will create a short from those last 4 digits of each bytes.
I have the following code but it always prints zero.
private static short extractShort(byte[] byteArray) {
short s = 1;
ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(4);
for(int i = 0; i < byteArray.length; i++) {
byte lastFourBytes = extractLast4Bits(byteArray[i]);
// Uses a bit mask to extract the bits we are interested in
byteBuffer.put(lastFourBytes);
}
return ByteBuffer.wrap(byteBuffer.array()).getShort();
}
private static byte extractLast4Bits(byte byteParam) {
return (byte) ( byteParam & 0b00001111);
}
private static byte[] intToByteArray(int i) {
return new byte[] {
(byte)((i >> 24) & 0xff),
(byte)((i >> 16) & 0xff),
(byte)((i >> 8) & 0xff),
(byte)((i >> 0) & 0xff),
};
}
}
Any help will be sincerely appreciated
Once you get the byte array, try this..
short val = 0;
for (byte b : bytes) {
val <<= 4;
val |= (b&0xf)
}
If you want to do it starting from an int, you can do it like this.
int v = 0b1110_1010_1111_1001_1010_1000_1010_0111;
short verify = (short) 0b1010_1001_1000_0111;
// initialize a short value
short val = 0;
// increment from 24 to 0 by 8's the loop will
// repeat 4 times.
for (int i = 24; i >= 0; i -= 8) {
// start by shifting the result left 4 bits
// first time thru this does nothing.
val <<= 4;
// Shift the integer right by i bits (first time is
// 24, next time is 16, etc
// then mask off the lower order 4 bits of the right
// most byte and OR it to the result(val).
// then when the loop continues, val will be
// shifted left 4 bits to allow for the next "nibble"
val |= ((v >> i) & 0xf);
}
System.out.println(val);
System.out.println(verify);
For more information on bitwise operators, check out this Wikipedia link.
Related
I'm trying to convert a signed int variable to a 3 byte array and backwards.
In the the function getColorint, I'm converting the int value to the byte array. That works fine!
public byte [] getColorByte(int color1){
byte[] color = new byte[3];
color[2] = (byte) (color1 & 0xFF);
color[1] = (byte) ((color1 >> 8) & 0xFF);
color[0] = (byte) ((color1 >> 16) & 0xFF);
return color;
}
But if I try to convert the byte array back to the Integer with the getColorint function:
public int getColorint(byte [] color){
int answer = color [2];
answer += color [1] << 8;
answer += color [0] << 16;
return answer;
}
it only works for positive integer values.
Here is a screenshot during the debug:
My input int value is -16673281 but my output int value is 38143.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks :)
The Color class defines methods for creating and converting color ints. Colors are represented as packed ints, made up of 4 bytes: alpha, red, green, blue.
You should use it.
The problem here is that byte is signed. When you do int answer = color[2] with color[2] == -1, then answer will be also -1, i.e. 0xffffffff, whereas you want it to be 255 (0xff). You can use Guava 's UnsignedBytes as a remedy, or simply take color[i] & 0xff which casts it to int.
As is Color represents in 4 bytes, you should store also an alpha channel.
From Int :
public byte [] getColorByte(int color1){
byte[] color = new byte[4];
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
color [i] = (byte)(color1 >>> (i * 8));
}
return color;
}
To Int :
public int getColorInt(byte [] color){
int res = ((color[0] & 0xff) << 24) | ((color[1] & 0xff) << 16) |
((color[2] & 0xff) << 8) | (color[3] & 0xff);
return res;
}
I am working with some low capacity module and I need to compress the data as much as possible. The data will look like this:
DeviceEvent:
1 byte:
2 bits for status (00 each time)
6 bits for rgb color (3 x 2 bits)
2 bytes: number of minutes from now to a certain datetime
I need to create a constructor (preferably 2 constructors) for conversion from/to:
Event:
byte[] color (rgb, colors will get simplified to only 64 available)
some datetime (but I will get the integer for difference in minutes and it will be small enough to fit in two bits)
So basically I need:
byte[3] color <-> 1 byte status and color
int minutes <-> byte[2]
minutes
I will be thankful for any help
I'm not very sure what is your problem, probably this will help:
final byte red = 1; // 01 binary
final byte green = 2; // 10 binary
final byte blue = 3; // 11 binary
final byte finalColor = (byte) ((red & 0x3) << 4) | ((green & 0x3) << 2) | (blue & 0x3);
System.out.println(finalColor);// finalColor is 011011 = 27 decimal
final int minutes = 0x1234; // first byte is 0x12, second byte is 0x34
final byte[] bytes = {(byte) (((minutes) >>> 8) & 0xff), (byte) (minutes & 0xff)};
System.out.println(bytes[0]); // 0x12 = 18 decimal
System.out.println(bytes[1]); // 0x34 = 52 decimal
I am not sure what the second problem is. So I made these two functions that might help you:
public static int convertToInt(int a, int b, int c, int d) {
a = Math.min(a, 255);
b = Math.min(b, 255);
c = Math.min(c, 255);
d = Math.min(d, 255);
return ((a & 0xFF) << 24) | ((b & 0xFF) << 16) | ((c & 0xFF) << 8) | (d & 0xFF);
}
public static int[] extractComponents(int data) {
int a = (data >> 24) & 0xFF;
int b = (data >> 16) & 0xFF;
int c = (data >> 8) & 0xFF;
int d = data & 0xFF;
return new int[] {a, b, c, d};
}
The convertToInt function takes four numbers(that are less than 255) and puts them all in one int.
The extractComponents function does the opposite.
This is an example:
int data = 0xC8E0601B;
int[] dataA = extractComponents(data);
for(int i = 0 ; i < dataA.length; i++) System.out.printf("%x\n", dataA[i]);
System.out.printf("%x\n", convertToInt(dataA[0], dataA[1], dataA[2], dataA[3]));
I am trying to convert a byte to integer. All the searches I have done use byte[] which I assume is any array. I want to convert F byte (not b as show below) but it gives error to change: not applicable to the argument.
byte F;
mmInStream.read(packetBytes);
b [counter]= packetBytes[0];
F=b [counter];
counter++;
temp = byteToInt(b); //Convert byte to int
Here is a byte To Int I found on one of the sites.
private int byteToInt(byte[] b) {
int value= 0;
for(int i=0;i<b.length;i++){
int n=(b[i]<0?(int)b[i]+256:(int)b[i])<<(8*i);
value+=n;
}
return value;
}
Simply do:
byte b = ...;
int signedInt = b; // For negative bytes, resulting in negative ints
int unsignedInt = 0xFF & b; // For negative bytes, resulting in positive ints
FYI: An int is 4 bytes. So, that is the reason why the methods you found on the internet are using an array of bytes. They assume you pass an array of 4 bytes, which will be stitched together to make an int.
you can use this:
int i = 234;
byte b = (byte) i;
System.out.println(b); // -22
int i2 = b & 0xFF;
System.out.println(i2); // 234
or this one also:
public static byte[] intToByteArray(int a)
{
byte[] ret = new byte[4];
ret[3] = (byte) (a & 0xFF);
ret[2] = (byte) ((a >> 8) & 0xFF);
ret[1] = (byte) ((a >> 16) & 0xFF);
ret[0] = (byte) ((a >> 24) & 0xFF);
return ret;
}
and
public static int byteArrayToInt(byte[] b)
{
return (b[3] & 0xFF) + ((b[2] & 0xFF) << 8) + ((b[1] & 0xFF) << 16) + ((b[0] & 0xFF) << 24);
}
if b is unsigned
int i = b & 0xff;
I'm trying to convert date of birth (three ints) to byte and convert it back but I'm having an issue. I have to convert it by using bit operations and send data over multicast server and receive it and change back to int. Server works fine, but bit operations are hard for me. What's the matter with the code:
Convert:
int D=12;
int M=9;
int Y=1983;
short DMY=0;
DMY = (short)(DMY | (D << 19));
DMY = (short)(DMY | (M << 15));
DMY = (short)(DMY | Y);
byte[] data = new byte[3];
data[0] = (byte)(DMY >>> 8 );
data[1] = (byte)(DMY >>> 16 );
data[2] = (byte)(DMY & 0xffff);
Convert back:
byte[] rec_data = new byte[3];
rec_data = dp.getData();
short Rec_dmy;
Rec_dmy = (short)(rec_data[0] & 0xff);
Rec_dmy = (short) (Rec_dmy << 8);
Rec_dmy = (short)(Rec_dmy | (rec_data[1] & 0xff));
Rec_dmy = (short) (Rec_dmy << 8);
Rec_dmy = (short)(Rec_dmy | (rec_data[2] & 0xffff));
byte tmp = (byte) ((Rec_dmy >>> 19) & 0x1F);
byte tmp2 = (byte) ((Rec_dmy >>> 15) & 0x1FF);
byte tmp3 = (byte) (Rec_dmy & 0x7F);
System.out.println(tmp);
System.out.println(tmp2);
System.out.println(tmp3);
Println gives following answer:
31
-1
63
It's not near original 12 9 1983
Shorts can only hold 16 bits; you are trying to pack more than that (e.g. shifting day left by 19, which will result in an all-zero value once casted to a short). You need to use an int or a long to hold all the fields.
Indeed, you've got several things going on with the bit operations that aren't right.
My suggestion would be to ditch the bit operations and just send the day, month and year as separate fields: one byte for each of the day and month, and two (a short) for the year. That takes 4 bytes (only one extra byte) but requires a lot less fiddling to get right.
Its not easy, but you have to work systematically to ensure your operations don't a) lose information b) decode the reverse of how you have encoded.
int D = 12;
int M = 9;
int Y = 1983;
int DMY = (D << 19) | (M << 15) | Y;
byte[] data = new byte[3];
data[0] = (byte) (DMY >>> 16);
data[1] = (byte) (DMY >>> 8);
data[2] = (byte) DMY;
int DMY2 = ((data[0]&0xFF) << 16) | ((data[1]&0xFF) << 8) | (data[2]&0xFF);
int D2 = DMY2 >>> 19; // no mask required
int M2 = (DMY2 >>> 15) & 0x0F; // 4 bits mask
int Y2 = DMY2 & 0x7FFF; // 15 bit mask
System.out.println(D2 + "/" + M2 + "/" + Y2);
prints
12/9/1983
First, you need at least 14 bits to represent the year with max value 9999 because of 2^14 > 9999 && 2 ^ 13 < 9999. And the least number of bits for month is 4(12 at max), day is 5(31 at max). So you can use a short int(16 bits) to represent year and byte (8 bits) for each day and month. So you get a 32-bits int.
public int encoded(short year, byte month, byte day){
int data =0;
data = year & 0xFFFF;
data =(data << 8)|(month & 0xFF)
data =(data << 8)|(day & 0xFF)
return data;
}
public void decode(int data){
int day = data & 0xFF;
int month = (data >> 8) & 0xFF;
int year = (data >> 16) & 0xFFFF;
}
Given
private int width = 400;
private byte [] data = new byte [2];
I want to split the integer "width" into two bytes and load data[0] with the high byte and data[1] with the low byte.
That is binary value of 400 = 1 1001 0000
so data[0] should contain 0000 0001
and data[1] should contain 1001 0000
Using simple bitwise operations:
data[0] = (byte) (width & 0xFF);
data[1] = (byte) ((width >> 8) & 0xFF);
How it works:
& 0xFF masks all but the lowest eight bits.
>> 8 discards the lowest 8 bits by moving all bits 8 places to the right.
The cast to byte is necessary because these bitwise operations work on an int and return an int, which is a bigger data type than byte. The case is safe, since all non-zero bits will fit in the byte. For more information, see Conversions and Promotions.
Edit: Taylor L correctly remarks that though >> works in this case, it may yield incorrect results if you generalize this code to four bytes (since in Java an int is 32 bits). In that case, it's better to use >>> instead of >>. For more information, see the Java tutorial on Bitwise and Bit Shift Operators.
For converting two bytes the cleanest solution is
data[0] = (byte) width;
data[1] = (byte) (width >>> 8);
For converting an integer to four bytes the code would be
data[0] = (byte) width;
data[1] = (byte) (width >>> 8);
data[2] = (byte) (width >>> 16);
data[3] = (byte) (width >>> 24);
It doesn't matter whether >> or >>> is used for shifting, any one bits created by sign extension will not end up in the resulting bytes.
See also this answer.
This should do what you want for a 4 byte int. Note, it stores the low byte at offset 0. I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to order them as needed.
public static byte[] intToBytes(int x) {
byte[] bytes = new byte[4];
for (int i = 0; x != 0; i++, x >>>= 8) {
bytes[i] = (byte) (x & 0xFF);
}
return bytes;
}
Integer is 32 bits (=4 bytes) in java, you know?
width & 0xff will give you the first byte,
width & 0xff00 >> 8 will give you the second, etc.
To get the high byte, shift right by 8 bits then mask off the top bytes. Similarly, to get the low byte just mask off the top bytes.
data[0] = (width >> 8) & 0xff;
data[1] = width & 0xff;
int width = 400;
byte [] data = new byte [2];
data[0] = (byte) ((width & 0xFF00) >> 8);
data[1] = (byte) (width & 0xFF);
for(int b = 0; b < 2; b++) {
System.out.println("printing byte " + b);
for(int i = 7; i >= 0; i--) {
System.out.println(data[b] & 1);
data[b] = (byte) (data[b] >> 1);
}
}
I suggest you have a look at the source for HeapByteBuffer. It has the conversion code for all primitive data types. (In fact you could just use a ByteBuffer ;)