How to convert a binary representation of a string into byte in Java?

Question

as the title says, how do I do it? Its easy to convert from string -> byte -> string binary, But how do I convert back? Below is a example. The output is : \'f\' to binary:

Answer 1

You can use Byte.parseByte() with a radix of 2:

byte b = Byte.parseByte(str, 2);

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Using your example:

System.out.println(Byte.parseByte("01100110", 2));

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