I converted a String to BigInteger as follows:
Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("enter the message");
String msg=sc.next();
byte[] bytemsg=msg.getBytes();
BigInteger m=new BigInteger(bytemsg);
Now I want my string back. I'm using m.toString() but that's giving me the desired result.
Why? Where is the bug and what can I do about it?
You want to use BigInteger.toByteArray()
String msg = "Hello there!";
BigInteger bi = new BigInteger(msg.getBytes());
System.out.println(new String(bi.toByteArray())); // prints "Hello there!"
The way I understand it is that you're doing the following transformations:
String -----------------> byte[] ------------------> BigInteger
String.getBytes() BigInteger(byte[])
And you want the reverse:
BigInteger ------------------------> byte[] ------------------> String
BigInteger.toByteArray() String(byte[])
Note that you probably want to use overloads of String.getBytes() and String(byte[]) that specifies an explicit encoding, otherwise you may run into encoding issues.
Use m.toString() or String.valueOf(m). String.valueOf uses toString() but is null safe.
Why don't you use the BigInteger(String) constructor ? That way, round-tripping via toString() should work fine.
(note also that your conversion to bytes doesn't explicitly specify a character-encoding and is platform-dependent - that could be source of grief further down the line)
You can also use Java's implicit conversion:
BigInteger m = new BigInteger(bytemsg);
String mStr = "" + m; // mStr now contains string representation of m.
When constructing a BigInteger with a string, the string must be formatted as a decimal number. You cannot use letters, unless you specify a radix in the second argument, you can specify up to 36 in the radix. 36 will give you alphanumeric characters only [0-9,a-z], so if you use this, you will have no formatting. You can create: new BigInteger("ihavenospaces", 36)
Then to convert back, use a .toString(36)
BUT TO KEEP FORMATTING:
Use the byte[] method that a couple people mentioned. That will pack the data with formatting into the smallest size, and allow you to keep track of number of bytes easily
That should be perfect for an RSA public key crypto system example program, assuming you keep the number of bytes in the message smaller than the number of bytes of PQ
(I realize this thread is old)
To reverse
byte[] bytemsg=msg.getBytes();
you can use
String text = new String(bytemsg);
using a BigInteger just complicates things, in fact it not clear why you want a byte[]. What are planing to do with the BigInteger or byte[]? What is the point?
String input = "0101";
BigInteger x = new BigInteger ( input , 2 );
String output = x.toString(2);
//How to solve BigDecimal & BigInteger and return a String.
BigDecimal x = new BigDecimal( a );
BigDecimal y = new BigDecimal( b );
BigDecimal result = BigDecimal.ZERO;
BigDecimal result = x.add(y);
return String.valueOf(result);
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html.
Every object has a toString() method in Java.
Related
I decrypted a data and got a BigInt and when I tried to convert it to string I got some Wired characters.
Code for getting BigInteger
BigInteger dec = process.Decrypt(sec);
Code for getting ByteArray
byte testBy[] = dec.toByteArray();
Code for Converting into String
String ss = new String(testBy);
System.out.println(ss);
and I tried this code too
String ss = new String(testBy);
System.out.println(ss, "UTF8");
I'm getting this output
=^ö½ß‡k+Éæ‚ûŽ3 B‚+…Òæ?&¶?kÛUô—c
Help me out here..
BigInteger has a toString() method, which gives a decimal string representation of the value.
A call to System.out.println(dec) should print the decimal representation of dec correctly.
So just make sure that BigInteger dec = process.Decrypt(sec) yields the expected result.
toString() method convert BigInteger to String.Actually it overrides the Object toString() method.Or directly pass BigInteger object to System.out.println() because println bydefault takes Object.toString().
This is simply to error check my code, but I would like to convert a single byte out of a byte array to a string. Does anyone know how to do this? This is what I have so far:
recBuf = read( 5 );
Log.i( TAG, (String)recBuf[0] );
But of course this doesn't work.
I have googled around a bit but have only found ways to convert an entire byte[] array to a string...
new String( recBuf );
I know I could just do that, and then sift through the string, but it would make my task easier if I knew how to operate this way.
You can make a new byte array with a single byte:
new String(new byte[] { recBuf[0] })
Use toString method of Byte
String s=Byte.toString(recBuf[0] );
Try above , it works.
Example:
byte b=14;
String s=Byte.toString(b );
System.out.println("String value="+ s);
Output:
String value=14
There's a String constructor of the form String(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length). You can always use that for your conversion.
So, for example:
byte[] bite = new byte[]{65,67,68};
for(int index = 0; index < bite.length; index++)
System.out.println(new String(bite, index,1));
What about converting it to char? or simply
new String(buffer[0])
public static String toString (byte value)
Since: API Level 1
Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the specified byte value.
Parameters
value the byte to convert to a string.
Returns
a printable representation of value.]1
this is how you can convert single byte to string try code as per your requirement
Edit:
Hows about
""+ recBuf[0];//Hacky... not sure if would work
((Byte)recBuf[0]).toString();
Pretty sure that would work.
Another alternate could be converting byte to char and finally string
Log.i(TAG, Character.toString((char) recBuf[0]));
Or
Log.i(TAG, String.valueOf((char) recBuf[0]));
You're assuming that you're using 8bit character encoding (like ASCII) and this would be wrong for many others.
But with your assumption you might just as well using simple cast to character like
char yourChar = (char) yourByte;
or if really need String:
String string = String.valueOf((char)yourByte);
I am trying to convert to int like this, but I am getting an exception.
String strHexNumber = "0x1";
int decimalNumber = Integer.parseInt(strHexNumber, 16);
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "0x1"
at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:48)
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:458)
It would be a great help if someone can fix it.
Thanks.
That's because the 0x prefix is not allowed. It's only a Java language thing.
String strHexNumber = "F777";
int decimalNumber = Integer.parseInt(strHexNumber, 16);
System.out.println(decimalNumber);
If you want to parse strings with leading 0x then use the .decode methods available on Integer, Long etc.
int value = Integer.decode("0x12AF");
System.out.println(value);
Sure - you need to get rid of the "0x" part if you want to use parseInt:
int parsed = Integer.parseInt("100", 16);
System.out.println(parsed); // 256
If you know your value will start with "0x" you can just use:
String prefixStripped = hexNumber.substring(2);
Otherwise, just test for it:
number = number.startsWith("0x") ? number.substring(2) : number;
Note that you should think about how negative numbers will be represented too.
EDIT: Adam's solution using decode will certainly work, but if you already know the radix then IMO it's clearer to state it explicitly than to have it inferred - particularly if it would surprise people for "035" to be treated as octal, for example. Each method is appropriate at different times, of course, so it's worth knowing about both. Pick whichever one handles your particular situation most cleanly and clearly.
Integer.parseInt can only parse strings that are formatted to look just like an int. So you can parse "0" or "12343" or "-56" but not "0x1".
You need to strip off the 0x from the front of the string before you ask the Integer class to parse it. The parseInt method expects the string passed in to be only numbers/letters of the specified radix.
try using this code here:-
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
public class HexaToInteger{
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException{
BufferedReader read =
new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.println("Enter the hexadecimal value:!");
String s = read.readLine();
int i = Integer.valueOf(s, 16).intValue();
System.out.println("Integer:=" + i);
}
}
Yeah, Integer is still expecting some kind of String of numbers. that x is really going to mess things up.
Depending on the size of the hex, you may need to use a BigInteger (you can probably skip the "L" check and trim in yours ;-) ):
// Convert HEX to decimal
if (category.startsWith("0X") && category.endsWith("L")) {
category = new BigInteger(category.substring(2, category.length() - 1), 16).toString();
} else if (category.startsWith("0X")) {
category = new BigInteger(category.substring(2, category.length()), 16).toString();
}
Getting following run-time error
C:\jdk1.6.0_07\bin>java euler/BigConCheck
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "z
"
at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.
java:48)
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:447)
at java.math.BigInteger.<init>(BigInteger.java:314)
at java.math.BigInteger.<init>(BigInteger.java:447)
at euler.BigConCheck.conCheck(BigConCheck.java:25)
at euler.BigConCheck.main(BigConCheck.java:71)
My Code
package euler;
import java.math.BigInteger;
class BigConCheck
{
public int[] conCheck(BigInteger big)
{
int i=0,q=0,w=0,e=0,r=0,t=0,mul=1;
int a[]= new int[1000];
int b[]= new int[7];
BigInteger rem[]= new BigInteger[4];
BigInteger num[]= new BigInteger[4];
for(i=0;i<4;i++)
num[i]=big; // intialised num[1 to 4][0] with big
String s="1",g="0";
for(i=0;i<999;i++)
s = s.concat(g);
BigInteger divi[]= new BigInteger[4];
for(i=0;i<5;i++)
{
divi[i]=new BigInteger(s);
int z = (int)Math.pow((double)10,(double)i);
BigInteger zz = new BigInteger("z"); // intialised div[1 to 4][0] with big
divi[i]=divi[i].divide(zz);
}
for(i=0;i<996;i++) // 5 consecative numbers.
{
for(int k=0;k<5;k++)
{
rem[k] = num[k].mod(divi[k]);
b[k]=rem[k].intValue();
mul= mul*b[k];
/*int z = (int)Math.pow((double)10,(double)(k+1));
String zz = "z";
BigInteger zzz = new BigInteger(zz);
num[k]=num[k].divide(zzz); */
}
a[i]=mul;
for(int p=0;p<5;p++)
{
BigInteger qq = new BigInteger("10");
num[p]=num[p].divide(qq);
}
}
return a;
}
public int bigestEleA(int u[])
{
int big=0;
for(int i=0;i<u.length;i++)
if(big<u[i])
big=u[i];
return big;
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
int con5[]= new int[1000];
int punCon;
BigInteger bigest = new BigInteger("7316717653133062491922511967442657474235534919493496983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843858615607891129494954595017379583319528532088055111254069874715852386305071569329096329522744304355766896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113622298934233803081353362766142828064444866452387493035890729629049156044077239071381051585930796086670172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776657273330010533678812202354218097512545405947522435258490771167055601360483958644670632441572215539753697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482839722413756570560574902614079729686524145351004748216637048440319989000889524345065854122758866688116427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586178664583591245665294765456828489128831426076900422421902267105562632111110937054421750694165896040807198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188845801561660979191338754992005240636899125607176060588611646710940507754100225698315520005593572972571636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450");
BigConCheck bcc = new BigConCheck();
con5=bcc.conCheck(bigest);
punCon=bcc.bigestEleA(con5);
System.out.println(punCon);
}
}
please point out whats goes wrong # runtime and why
thanks in advance...
This is the line causing you grief:
BigInteger zz = new BigInteger("z"); // intialised div[1 to 4][0] with big
While BigInteger does work with String's, those String's must be parsable into numbers.
EDIT**
Try this:
Integer z = (Integer)Math.pow((double)10,(double)i);
BigInteger zz = new BigInteger(z.toString());
new BigInteger("z"); is not meaningful. You can only pass numbers in constructor.
This is pretty obvious, so the next time you get an exception go the the exact line in your code shown in the exception stacktrace and you will most likely spot the problem.
BigInteger Javadoc states for BigInteger(String value)
Translates the decimal String
representation of a BigInteger into a
BigInteger. The String representation
consists of an optional minus sign
followed by a sequence of one or more
decimal digits. The character-to-digit
mapping is provided by
Character.digit. The String may not
contain any extraneous characters
(whitespace, for example).
So your code:
BigInteger zz = new BigInteger("z"); // intialised div[1 to 4][0] with big
is totally incorrect, but this is correct:
BigInteger zz = new BigInteger("5566");
EDIT: Based on your comment, this would be simpler by using the String.valueOf() method:
int z = (int)Math.pow((double)10,(double)i);
BigInteger zz = new BigInteger(String.valueOf(z));
BigInteger zz = new BigInteger("z");
you are passing non-numerical string thats the reason.
EDIT:
It takes string but it expects the string to be a numerical value. "z" does not have any numerical meaning.
Could it be that you want this instead?
int z = (int)Math.pow((double)10,(double)i);
BigInteger zz = new BigInteger(z);
Note the missing quotes here. (Of course, this will only work for i < 10.)
A common mistake is writing
new BigInteger("",num)
instead of
new BigInteger(""+num)
For those interested in generating longs with characters without hashing, it is possible to transform characters to long via BigInteger simply by using the constructor with a radix: BigInteger(String value, int radix)
There is a catch thought, the int which defines the log base, must scale not with the length of the String, but instead with the number of characters that make out the collection of characters that will be used in the creation of the String.
As far as I'm aware, for an alpha numeric collection, the int is 36 (26 + 10), this may be wrong thought.
There is also a limitation, I believe there are symbols that simply cannot be parsed, like "-" or " " or "_" (I've tried adding to the int base radix and nothing) which means the String must be transformed before parsing and it cannot be returned back to String after it being parsed via BigInteger.
Why is it useful?? I don't know haha, I have use it to autogenerate id's from Strings ,instead of using hashes, I remember somhwere this is kinda better than hashcode since a hash from String does not ensure uniqueness, an also this method as opposed to base Encoding gives extricity a long value, which may be useful for many api's that require a long id.
I'm looking for a way to convert a BigInteger into a very short String (shortest possible). The conversion needs to be reversible. The security of the conversion is not a big deal in this case. Would anyone have recommendations or samples of how they would go about solving this problem?
You can use a Base64 encoding. Note that this example uses Apache commons-codec:
BigInteger number = new BigInteger("4143222334431546643677890898767548679452");
System.out.println(number);
String encoded = new String(Base64.encodeBase64(number.toByteArray()));
System.out.println(encoded);
BigInteger decoded = new BigInteger(Base64.decodeBase64(encoded));
System.out.println(decoded);
prints:
4143222334431546643677890898767548679452
DC0DmJRYaAn2AVdEZMvmhRw=
4143222334431546643677890898767548679452
One easy way is to use BigInteger.toString(Character.MAX_RADIX). To reverse, use the following constructor: BigInteger(String val, int radix).