how to convert bytearray into char

[andremarim]

Hi, i'm new in java and i wanna know how can i convert a bytearray into a char. Actually I need to take a data from a file (this file is written in a byte code, whose extensio is .dac) and to convert this data into a char.
Please help me, and I would like to ask to explain me step by step all the process, including if i will need to put any import im my program.


Thanks a lot.........and remarim

[blazedaces]

Hi, i'm new in java and i wanna know how can i convert a bytearray into a char. Actually I need to take a data from a file (this file is written in a byte code, whose extensio is .dac) and to convert this data into a char.
Please help me, and I would like to ask to explain me step by step all the process, including if i will need to put any import im my program.


Thanks a lot.........and remarim

Find a method that converts into a number (I'm assuming we're talking about unsigned) or make one yourself and then simply cast it as a char to convert it via ASCII...

Good luck,

-blazed

[JosAH]

Hi, i'm new in java and i wanna know how can i convert a bytearray into a char. Actually I need to take a data from a file (this file is written in a byte code, whose extensio is .dac) and to convert this data into a char.
Please help me, and I would like to ask to explain me step by step all the process, including if i will need to put any import im my program.


Thanks a lot.........and remarim

First a remark:

Read the "article index" post in the Java Articles section (see the menu bar
at the top of this page). At the end of that index is a link to the complete API
documentation for all the core classes. Download that documentation for regular
inspection and reading. You'll find detailed documentation there for every class
and method available in the core classes jar that comes with your JDK.

Second a question for you:

I don't understand your question: a char is just two bytes. You can't stick an
entire byte array in one single char. Care to rephrase your question?

kind regards,

Jos

[andremarim]

First a remark:

Read the "article index" post in the Java Articles section (see the menu bar
at the top of this page). At the end of that index is a link to the complete API
documentation for all the core classes. Download that documentation for regular
inspection and reading. You'll find detailed documentation there for every class
and method available in the core classes jar that comes with your JDK.

Second a question for you:

I don't understand your question: a char is just two bytes. You can't stick an
entire byte array in one single char. Care to rephrase your question?

kind regards,

Jos

thanks guy. Actually I've already solved my problem. Cast worked fine.

But, let me try to explain you what was my problem because by doing this I show you a another problem that I've to solve.
in the first problem I had a file and in this file I'd to read a char codifyed in bytes. This is the why I needed to convert a bytearray into char.
Now my problem is to convert a float into to bytearray. because I've to put some float values into a external file.

Thanks a lot.

andremarim

[blazedaces]

thanks guy. Actually I've already solved my problem. Cast worked fine.

But, let me try to explain you what was my problem because by doing this I show you a another problem that I've to solve.
in the first problem I had a file and in this file I'd to read a char codifyed in bytes. This is the why I needed to convert a bytearray into char.
Now my problem is to convert a float into to bytearray. because I've to put some float values into a external file.

Thanks a lot.

andremarim

Just so you know though, take a look at the Wrapper classes (Integer, Float, Double, etc.)... I believe they have methods to convert into byte arrays...

Ok, just went to check, yup, I was correct, here's the float class:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Float.html

And the method you want is the byteValue() method (the first one that you see).

Hope this helped,

-blazed

P.S. And here's the byte wrapper class, which I didn't know about: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/...lang/Byte.html

Which will transform a byte into specific types, though I don't know why they haven't already made this, if you use anything that's more then one byte, which is almost anything you'd need to shift and whatnot...

-blazed

[andremarim]

THANKS very much.....I solved my problem, actually we solved my problem........ ...thanks again........

[JosAH]

THANKS very much.....I solved my problem, actually we solved my problem........ ...thanks again........

Only now I understand your problem. The answer screams for a ByteBuffer.
Check it out in the nio package.

kind regards,

Jos