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Switching the first 4 bits of a byte and the last half

I need to switch the first half and the second half of a byte: Make 0011 0101 to 0101 0011 for example
I thought it might work this way:
For example, i have 1001 1100
i bitshift to the left 4 times and get 1111 1001(because if the first bit is a 1 the others become a one too)
i bitshift to the right 4 times and get 1100 0000(the second half of the byte gets filled with 0s)
i don't want 1111 1001 but 0000 1001 so i do 0x00001111 & 1111 1001 (which filters the frist 4 bits) to make 1111 1001 to 0000 1001
then i add everything up:
0000 1001 + 1100 0000 = 1100 1001
I got this:
bytes[i] = (byte) (( 0x00001111 & (bytes[i] >> 4)) + (bytes[i] << 4)
);
here is one output: 11111111 to 00000001
I do not really understand why this is happening, I know the binary System and I think I know how bitshifting works but I can't explain this one.
Sorry for bad english :)

Be careful with the >>> operation, which shifts the sign bits without sign extending so zero bits will fill in on the left. The problem is that it is an integer operation. The >> works the same way except it sign extends thru the int.
int i = -1;
i >>>= 30;
System.out.println(i); // prints 3 as expected.
byte b = -1;
b >>>= 6;
System.out.printnln(b); // prints -1 ???
The byte is still -1 because byte b = -1 was shifted as though it was an int then reassigned to a byte. So the byte remained negative. To get 3, you would need to do something that seems strange, like the following.
byte b = -1;
b >>>=30;
System.out.println(b); // prints 3
So to do your swap you need to do the following;
byte b = 0b10100110;
b = (byte)(((b>>>4)&0xF)|(b<<4));
The 0xF mask, masks off those lingering high order bits left over from the conversion from integer back to byte.

I'm not sure about the syntax for bit manipulation in Java, although here's how you can do it.
bitmask = 0x1111;
firstHalf = ((bytes[i] >> 4) & bitmask);
secondHalf = ((bytes[i] & bitmask) << 4)
result = firstHalf | secondHalf;

I don't want 1111 1001 but 0000 1001
If so, you need to use shift right zero fill operator(>>>) instead of preserving sign of the number.
I don't think the formula found works properly.
public byte reverseBitsByte(byte x) {
int intSize = 8;
byte y=0;
for(int position=intSize-1; position>0; position--){
y+=((x&1)<<position);
x >>= 1;
}
return y;
}

static int swapBits(int a) {
// Написать решение сюда ↓
int right = (a & 0b00001111);
right= (right<<4);
int left = (a & 0b11110000);
left = (left>>4);
return (right | left);
}

JAVA Bitwise code purpose , &

// following code prints out Letters aA bB cC dD eE ....
class UpCase {
public static void main(String args[]) {
char ch;
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
ch = (char)('a' + i);
System.out.print(ch);
ch = (char)((int) ch & 66503);
System.out.print(ch + " ")
}
}
}
Still learning Java but struggling to understand bitwise operations. Both codes work but I don't understand the binary reasons behind these codes. Why is (int) casted back to ch and what is 66503 used for that enables it to print out different letter casings.
//following code displays bits within a byte
class Showbits {
public static void main(String args[]) {
int t;
byte val;
val = 123;
for(t = 128; t > 0; t = t/2) {
if((val & t) != 0)
System.out.print("1 ");
else System.out.print("0 ");
}
}
}
//output is 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
For this code's output what's the step breakdown to achieve it ? If 123 is 01111011 and 128 as well as 64 and 32 is 10000000 shouldnt the output be 00000000 ? As & turns anything with 0 into a 0 ? Really confused.

Second piece of code(Showbits):
The code is actually converting decimal to binary. The algorithm uses some bit magic, mainly the AND(&) operator.
Consider the number 123 = 01111011 and 128 = 10000000. When we AND them together, we get 0 or a non-zero number depending whether the 1 in 128 is AND-ed with a 1 or a 0.
10000000
& 01111011
----------
00000000
In this case, the answer is a 0 and we have the first bit as 0.
Moving forward, we take 64 = 01000000 and, AND it with 123. Notice the shift of the 1 rightwards.
01000000
& 01111011
----------
01000000
AND-ing with 123 produces a non-zero number this time, and the second bit is 1. This procedure is repeated.
First piece of code(UpCase):
Here 65503 is the negation of 32.
32 = 0000 0000 0010 0000
~32 = 1111 1111 1101 1111
Essentially, we subtract a value of 32 from the lowercase letter by AND-ing with the negation of 32. As we know, subtracting 32 from a lowercase ASCII value character converts it to uppercase.

UpCase
The decimal number 66503 represented by a 32 bit signed integer is 00000000 00000001 00000011 11000111 in binary.
The ASCII letter a represented by a 8 bit char is 01100001 in binary (97 in decimal).
Casting the char to a 32 bit signed integer gives 00000000 00000000 00000000 01100001.
&ing the two integers together gives:
00000000 00000000 00000000 01100001
00000000 00000001 00000011 11000111
===================================
00000000 00000000 00000000 01000001
which casted back to char gives 01000001, which is decimal 65, which is the ASCII letter A.
Showbits
No idea why you think that 128, 64 and 32 are all 10000000. They obviously can't be the same number, since they are, well, different numbers. 10000000 is 128 in decimal.
What the for loop does is start at 128 and go through every consecutive next smallest power of 2: 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2 and 1.
These are the following binary numbers:
128: 10000000
64: 01000000
32: 00100000
16: 00010000
8: 00001000
4: 00000100
2: 00000010
1: 00000001
So in each loop it &s the given value together with each of these numbers, printing "0 " when the result is 0, and "1 " otherwise.
Example:
val is 123, which is 01111011.
So the loop will look like this:
128: 10000000 & 01111011 = 00000000 -> prints "0 "
64: 01000000 & 01111011 = 01000000 -> prints "1 "
32: 00100000 & 01111011 = 00100000 -> prints "1 "
16: 00010000 & 01111011 = 00010000 -> prints "1 "
8: 00001000 & 01111011 = 00001000 -> prints "1 "
4: 00000100 & 01111011 = 00000000 -> prints "0 "
2: 00000010 & 01111011 = 00000010 -> prints "1 "
1: 00000001 & 01111011 = 00000001 -> prints "1 "
Thus the final output is "0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1", which is exactly right.

Reverse bits of a 32 bit unsigned integer

The problem is to reverse the bits of a 32 bit unsigned integer (since Java doesn't have unsigned integers we use long).
Here are two versions of my code. I have two concerns:
(1) why my 1st and 2nd solution don't return the same value (correct or not)
(2) where my 1st and 2nd solution went wrong in not getting the correct answer
//reverse(3) returns 0
public static long reverse(long a) {
long numBits = 32;
long finalResult = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < numBits; i++){
long ithBit = a & (1 << i);
finalResult = finalResult + ithBit * (1 << (numBits - i - 1));
}
return finalResult;
}
Second version:
//reverse(3) return 4294967296
public static long reverse(long a) {
long numBits = 32L;
long finalResult = 0L;
for(long i = 0L; i < numBits; i++){
long ithBit = a & (1L << i);
finalResult = finalResult + ithBit * (1L << (numBits - i - 1L));
}
return finalResult;
}
This code (the solution) returns the correct answer, however:
//reverse(3) returns 3221225472
public static long reverse(long A) {
long rev = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
rev <<= 1;
if ((A & (1 << i)) != 0)
rev |= 1;
}
return rev;
}
Thanks!

Let's have a look at your values as you iterate. For clarification, we'll have a look at the intermediate values, so we'll change code to:
int n = (1 << (numBits - i - 1));
long m = ithBit * n;
finalResult = finalResult + m;
Your starting value is 3:
a = 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011
First loop iteration (i = 0):
ithBit = 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001
n = 11111111 11111111 11111111 11111111 10000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
m = 11111111 11111111 11111111 11111111 10000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
finalResult = 11111111 11111111 11111111 11111111 10000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Second loop iteration (i = 1):
ithBit = 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000010
n = 01000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
m = 10000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
finalResult = 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
As you can see, the first iterate sets n = 1 << 31, which is -2147483648. In your second version you do n = 1L << 31, which is 2147483648, and that's why your two versions give different results.
As you can also see, you definitely don't want to do the m = ithBit * n part.
Have a look at your number by printing them yourself, and you'll figure it out.
BTW, here's my version. If you have trouble understanding it, try printing the intermediate values to see what's going on.
public static long reverse4(long a) {
long rev = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++, a >>= 1)
rev = (rev << 1) | (a & 1);
return rev;
}

since Java doesn't have unsigned integers we use long.
That's generally unecessary since all arithmetic operations except division and comparison result in identical bit patterns for unsigned and signed numbers in two's complement representation, which java uses. And for the latter two ops Integer.divideUnsigned(int, int) and Integer.compareUnsigned(int, int) are available.
The problem is to reverse the bits of a 32 bit unsigned integer
There's Integer.reverse(int)
Relevant docs, spending some time reading them is highly recommended.

Problem with your both examples is that the "i-th bit" isn't a 0 or 1 but rather masked off. In either case, the 31'th bit is 0x8000_0000. In the first case, this is an int, so it is negative, and when converted to a long it stays negative. In the second case it is already a long, so it stays positive. To fix it so it does what you intended, do:
ithBit = (a >>> i) & 1;
By the way, using long is silly; unsigned vs. signed makes no difference as long as you understand that there are two types of shifts in Java.
By the way, all three examples are terrible. If you are doing bit manipulation, you want speed, right? (Why else bother with bits?)
This is how to do it right (not mine, stolen from http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#ReverseByteWith32Bits):
a = ((a >>> 1) & 0x55555555) | ((a & 0x55555555) << 1);
a = ((a >>> 2) & 0x33333333) | ((a & 0x33333333) << 2);
a = ((a >>> 4) & 0x0F0F0F0F) | ((a & 0x0F0F0F0F) << 4);
a = ((a >>> 8) & 0x00FF00FF) | ((a & 0x00FF00FF) << 8);
a = ( a >>> 16 ) | ( a << 16);

In both versions you have a logic problem here:
ithBit * (1 << (numBits - i - 1));
because the two numbers multiply to the same bit pattern of bit 31 (the 32nd) being set.
In version 1, the amount added is -2^31 if bit 0 is set because you're bit-shifting an int so the bit-shifted result is int which represents -2^31 as the high bit being set, or 2^31 for every other bit, which is possible due to the auto-cast to long of the result. You have two of each kind of bit (0 and non 0) so the result is zero.
Version 2 has the same problem, but without the negative int issue because you're bit shifting a long. Each bit that is 1 will add 2^31. The number 3 has 2 bits set, so your result is 2 * 2^31 (or 2^32) which is 4294967296.
To fix your logic, use version 2 but remove the multiply by ithBit.

What does ">>" mean in Java? [duplicate]

I have this statement:
Assume the bit value of byte x is 00101011. what is the result of x>>2?
How can I program it and can someone explain me what is doing?

Firstly, you can not shift a byte in java, you can only shift an int or a long. So the byte will undergo promotion first, e.g.
00101011 -> 00000000000000000000000000101011
or
11010100 -> 11111111111111111111111111010100
Now, x >> N means (if you view it as a string of binary digits):
The rightmost N bits are discarded
The leftmost bit is replicated as many times as necessary to pad the result to the original size (32 or 64 bits), e.g.
00000000000000000000000000101011 >> 2 -> 00000000000000000000000000001010
11111111111111111111111111010100 >> 2 -> 11111111111111111111111111110101

The binary 32 bits for 00101011 is
00000000 00000000 00000000 00101011, and the result is:
00000000 00000000 00000000 00101011 >> 2(times)
\\ \\
00000000 00000000 00000000 00001010
Shifts the bits of 43 to right by distance 2; fills with highest(sign) bit on the left side.
Result is 00001010 with decimal value 10.
00001010
8+2 = 10

When you shift right 2 bits you drop the 2 least significant bits. So:
x = 00101011
x >> 2
// now (notice the 2 new 0's on the left of the byte)
x = 00001010
This is essentially the same thing as dividing an int by 2, 2 times.
In Java
byte b = (byte) 16;
b = b >> 2;
// prints 4
System.out.println(b);

These examples cover the three types of shifts applied to both a positive and a negative number:
// Signed left shift on 626348975
00100101010101010101001110101111 is 626348975
01001010101010101010011101011110 is 1252697950 after << 1
10010101010101010100111010111100 is -1789571396 after << 2
00101010101010101001110101111000 is 715824504 after << 3
// Signed left shift on -552270512
11011111000101010000010101010000 is -552270512
10111110001010100000101010100000 is -1104541024 after << 1
01111100010101000001010101000000 is 2085885248 after << 2
11111000101010000010101010000000 is -123196800 after << 3
// Signed right shift on 626348975
00100101010101010101001110101111 is 626348975
00010010101010101010100111010111 is 313174487 after >> 1
00001001010101010101010011101011 is 156587243 after >> 2
00000100101010101010101001110101 is 78293621 after >> 3
// Signed right shift on -552270512
11011111000101010000010101010000 is -552270512
11101111100010101000001010101000 is -276135256 after >> 1
11110111110001010100000101010100 is -138067628 after >> 2
11111011111000101010000010101010 is -69033814 after >> 3
// Unsigned right shift on 626348975
00100101010101010101001110101111 is 626348975
00010010101010101010100111010111 is 313174487 after >>> 1
00001001010101010101010011101011 is 156587243 after >>> 2
00000100101010101010101001110101 is 78293621 after >>> 3
// Unsigned right shift on -552270512
11011111000101010000010101010000 is -552270512
01101111100010101000001010101000 is 1871348392 after >>> 1
00110111110001010100000101010100 is 935674196 after >>> 2
00011011111000101010000010101010 is 467837098 after >>> 3

>> is the Arithmetic Right Shift operator. All of the bits in the first operand are shifted the number of places indicated by the second operand. The leftmost bits in the result are set to the same value as the leftmost bit in the original number. (This is so that negative numbers remain negative.)
Here's your specific case:
00101011
001010 <-- Shifted twice to the right (rightmost bits dropped)
00001010 <-- Leftmost bits filled with 0s (to match leftmost bit in original number)

public class Shift {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Byte b = Byte.parseByte("00101011",2);
System.out.println(b);
byte val = b.byteValue();
Byte shifted = new Byte((byte) (val >> 2));
System.out.println(shifted);
// often overloked are the methods of Integer
int i = Integer.parseInt("00101011",2);
System.out.println( Integer.toBinaryString(i));
i >>= 2;
System.out.println( Integer.toBinaryString(i));
}
}
Output:
43
10
101011
1010

byte x = 51; //00101011
byte y = (byte) (x >> 2); //00001010 aka Base(10) 10

You can't write binary literals like 00101011 in Java so you can write it in hexadecimal instead:
byte x = 0x2b;
To calculate the result of x >> 2 you can then just write exactly that and print the result.
System.out.println(x >> 2);

You can use e.g. this API if you would like to see bitString presentation of your numbers. Uncommons Math
Example (in jruby)
bitString = org.uncommons.maths.binary.BitString.new(java.math.BigInteger.new("12").toString(2))
bitString.setBit(1, true)
bitString.toNumber => 14
edit: Changed api link and add a little example

00101011 = 43 in decimal
class test {
public static void main(String[] args){
int a= 43;
String b= Integer.toBinaryString(a >> 2);
System.out.println(b);
}
}
Output:
101011 becomes 1010

change most significant bit of an 8 bit binary to 0 and get the decimal value of first seven bits only

I have a binary number and i want to get the decimal value of only the seven bits and not include the 8th bit. How do i go about this in java.
eg. 130 as binary => 10000010, I only need 00000010 =>2 ,ie, change only the most significant bit to 0.
Please help.

Use a bit-mask:
int y = x & 0x7F;

byte b =10;
byte result = (byte) (b & 127);
Under the cover it would be
00001010 //10 in dec
AND 01111111 // our mask ,127 in dec
= 00001010 //10
another example
10000001 //129 in dec
AND 01111111 // our mask ,127 in dec
= 00000001 //1

private static boolean getBit(int b, int p) {
int mask = 1 << 8 - p;
return (b & mask) > 0;
}
private static int setBit(int b, int p) {
int mask = 1 << 8 - p;
return b | mask;
}
private static int unsetBit(int b, int p) {
int mask = 1 << 8 - p;
return b & ~mask;
}