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I am trying to figure out a way to do the following.

I have a int [64] array of 1's and 0's representing a 64-bit number. I
would like to collapse this into a byte [8] array. Does anyone have any
ideas on an easy way to accomplish this?

On 2 Oct 2005 23:35:05 -0700, wrote or
quoted :

>I have a int [64] array of 1's and 0's representing a 64-bit number. I
>would like to collapse this into a byte [8] array. Does anyone have any
>ideas on an easy way to accomplish this?

You need to learn to do bit fiddling. See
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/binary.html
and
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/masking.html
and chase links.

The way I would handle it is first create a 64 bit long by shifting
left and adding another low order bit in a loop.

When than was done, I would strip off the low order byte, save it, and
shift right 8 bits in a loop.

You need to know the >>> and << & | bit operators. See
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/precedence.html

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OK I tried this:

int byteVal = 0 ;
int temp = 0 ;
byteVal = encryptedInt[0] & 0x1 ;
byteVal <<= 7 ;
for (i = 7; i > 0; i--) {

temp = encryptedInt [8 - i] & 0x1 ;
//System.out.print ("Bit " + (8 - i) + " " + temp + " ") ;
temp <<= i - 1 ;
//System.out.println (temp) ;
byteVal = byteVal | temp ;
//System.out.println (byteVal) ;
}

// byteval has the value of the byte
byte test1 = 0 ;
test1 = (byte) test1 | byteVal ;

But it will not let me cast it back to a byte! How can I get this
information into a byte type?

On 3 Oct 2005 02:02:32 -0700, wrote or
quoted :

> test1 = (byte) test1 | byteVal ;
>
>But it will not let me cast it back to a byte!

Your problem is precedence. just what do you think you are casting?
when in doubt add ().
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> I have a int [64] array of 1's and 0's representing a 64-bit number. I
> would like to collapse this into a byte [8] array. Does anyone have any
> ideas on an easy way to accomplish this?

see http://uio.imagero.com

with Unified I/O you could make something like this:

public byte [] pack(int [] num) throws IOException {
ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
BitOutputStream bitOut = new BitOutputStream(out);
bitOut.setBitsToWrite(1);
RandomAccessRO ro = RandomAccessFactory.createBuffered(num);
for(int i = 0; i < num.length; i++) {
int a = ro.read();
bitOut.write(a);
}
bitOut.flush();
bitOut.close();
return out.toByteArray();
}

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Andrey Kuznetsov
http://uio.imagero.com Unified I/O for Java
http://reader.imagero.com Java image reader
http://jgui.imagero.com Java GUI components and utilities

How can I import the libraries for BitOutputStream using eclipse?

<> wrote:
> OK I tried this:
>
> int byteVal = 0 ;
[...]
> // byteval has the value of the byte
> byte test1 = 0 ;
> test1 = (byte) test1 | byteVal ;
Because you didn't give parentheses, the compiler interpreted it according
to the precedence rules, which is:
test1 = ((byte) test1) | byteVal;
You want:
test1 = (byte) (test1 | byteVal);
>
> But it will not let me cast it back to a byte! How can I get this
> information into a byte type?
>
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> How can I import the libraries for BitOutputStream using eclipse?
just download uio.jar - http://uio.imagero.com/download/uio.jar
and include it in classpath (or whatever you should do with eclipse - I
never used it - cos I have IntelliJ IDEA).

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Andrey Kuznetsov
http://uio.imagero.com Unified I/O for Java
http://reader.imagero.com Java image reader
http://jgui.imagero.com Java GUI components and utilities

On 3 Oct 2005 09:58:10 -0700, wrote or
quoted :

>How can I import the libraries for BitOutputStream using eclipse?
click on properties for your project | Java Build Path | Libraries.
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On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 19:48:42 +0200, "Andrey Kuznetsov"
<> wrote or quoted :

>> How can I import the libraries for BitOutputStream using eclipse?
>just download uio.jar - http://uio.imagero.com/download/uio.jar

Questions: I am being bit of a shill here, but you too have
recognised the chaos in Java's i/o libraries and you too have done
something concrete to remedy the situation.

So some questions about imagero Unified IO.

1. how big is the jar?

2. how much does it cost?

3. what are the restrcitions on using it in my own apps?

4. where can I see the JavaDoc to get a flavour of how it works?

5. where can I see some sample code?

6. how fast is it compared with the Sun classes?

7. Did you do anything to make it more consistent which methods throw
an IOException?
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http://mindprod.com Again taking new Java programming contracts.