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Byte.parseByte("11111111",2)) question

 
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The byte is signed 8-bit number, but as i found out Byte.parseByte("1111111",2)) will work only with 7 bits, resulting in max positive 127 value. Try to parse "11111111" (8 bit for -1) and you will get java.lang.NumberFormatException: Value out of range.
I wonder why? And how to parse negative bit sequences for Byte (not that it is needed to often, but anyways)?
 
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This function is a little specified. I remember that I worked with it and I noticed that it does not care about bit sign.
 
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Because in Byte.parseByte(value,radix) you only specify magnitude of number & in byte 7 digits are for magnitude

for specifying sign of number you have to use '-' for negative

Like this

 
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Anuj Prashar wrote:Because in Byte.parseByte(value,radix) you only specify magnitude of number & in byte 7 digits are for magnitude

for specifying sign of number you have to use '-' for negative

Like this


Thank you, i even didn't try "-1111111" as i thought it was definetely illegal for bit sequence 8)
 
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Wrapper classes are well documented; why not look at the first hand source you will find most of the answers there.


 
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