How to convert a Binary String to a base 10 integer in Java

Question

I have an array of Strings that represent Binary numbers (without leading zeroes) that I want to convert to their corresponding base 10 numbers. Consider:

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Answer 1

public Integer binaryToInteger(String binary){
    char[] numbers = binary.toCharArray();
    Integer result = 0;
    int count = 0;
    for(int i=numbers.length-1;i>=0;i--){
         if(numbers[i]=='1')result+=(int)Math.pow(2, count);
         count++;
    }
    return result;
}

I guess I'm even more bored! Modified Hassan's answer to function correctly.

Answer 2

If you're worried about performance, Integer.parseInt() and Math.pow() are too expensive. You can use bit manipulation to do the same thing twice as fast (based on my experience):

final int num = 87;
String biStr = Integer.toBinaryString(num);

System.out.println(" Input Number: " + num + " toBinary "+ biStr);
int dec = binaryStringToDecimal(biStr);
System.out.println("Output Number: " + dec + " toBinary "+Integer.toBinaryString(dec));

Where

int binaryStringToDecimal(String biString){
  int n = biString.length();      
  int decimal = 0;
  for (int d = 0; d < n; d++){
    // append a bit=0 (i.e. shift left) 
    decimal = decimal << 1;

    // if biStr[d] is 1, flip last added bit=0 to 1 
    if (biString.charAt(d) == '1'){
      decimal = decimal | 1; // e.g. dec = 110 | (00)1 = 111
    }
  }
  return decimal;
}

Output:

 Input Number: 87 toBinary 1010111
Output Number: 87 toBinary 1010111

Answer 3

This might work:

public int binaryToInteger(String binary) {
    char[] numbers = binary.toCharArray();
    int result = 0;
    for(int i=numbers.length - 1; i>=0; i--)
        if(numbers[i]=='1')
            result += Math.pow(2, (numbers.length-i - 1));
    return result;
}