Convert hexadecimal string (hex) to a binary string

Question

I found the following way hex to binary conversion:

String binAddr = Integer.toBinaryString(Integer.parseInt(hexAddr, 16)); 

While this app

Answer 1

With all zeroes:

static String hexToBin(String s) {
    String preBin = new BigInteger(s, 16).toString(2);
    Integer length = preBin.length();
    if (length < 8) {
        for (int i = 0; i < 8 - length; i++) {
            preBin = "0" + preBin;
        }
    }
    return preBin;
}

Answer 2

Fast, and works for large strings:

    private String hexToBin(String hex){
        hex = hex.replaceAll("0", "0000");
        hex = hex.replaceAll("1", "0001");
        hex = hex.replaceAll("2", "0010");
        hex = hex.replaceAll("3", "0011");
        hex = hex.replaceAll("4", "0100");
        hex = hex.replaceAll("5", "0101");
        hex = hex.replaceAll("6", "0110");
        hex = hex.replaceAll("7", "0111");
        hex = hex.replaceAll("8", "1000");
        hex = hex.replaceAll("9", "1001");
        hex = hex.replaceAll("A", "1010");
        hex = hex.replaceAll("B", "1011");
        hex = hex.replaceAll("C", "1100");
        hex = hex.replaceAll("D", "1101");
        hex = hex.replaceAll("E", "1110");
        hex = hex.replaceAll("F", "1111");
        return hex;
    }

Answer 3

public static byte[] hexToBytes(String string) {
 int length = string.length();
 byte[] data = new byte[length / 2];
 for (int i = 0; i < length; i += 2) {
  data[i / 2] = (byte)((Character.digit(string.charAt(i), 16) << 4) + Character.digit(string.charAt(i + 1), 16));
 }
 return data;
}

Answer 4

BigInteger.toString(radix) will do what you want. Just pass in a radix of 2.

static String hexToBin(String s) {
  return new BigInteger(s, 16).toString(2);
}

Answer 5

Integer.parseInt(hex,16);    
System.out.print(Integer.toBinaryString(hex));

Parse hex(String) to integer with base 16 then convert it to Binary String using toBinaryString(int) method

example

int num = (Integer.parseInt("A2B", 16));
System.out.print(Integer.toBinaryString(num));

Will Print

101000101011

Max Hex vakue Handled by int is FFFFFFF

i.e. if FFFFFFF0 is passed ti will give error

Answer 6

public static byte[] hexToBin(String str)
    {
        int len = str.length();
        byte[] out = new byte[len / 2];
        int endIndx;

        for (int i = 0; i < len; i = i + 2)
        {
            endIndx = i + 2;
            if (endIndx > len)
                endIndx = len - 1;
            out[i / 2] = (byte) Integer.parseInt(str.substring(i, endIndx), 16);
        }
        return out;
    }