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Thread: Reading an int from bytes(binary file) - HELP

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    Default Reading an int from bytes(binary file) - HELP

    public static int ReadInt(FileInputStream f)
      {	
    	  try
    	  {
     
    	  int x = 0;
    	  int b =  f.read();
    	  x += b;
    	  x = x << 8;
     
     
    	  b=f.read();
    	  x += b;
    	  x = x << 8;
     
     
    	  b=f.read();
    	  x += b;
    	  x = x << 8;
     
     
    	  b=f.read();
    	  x += b;
     
     
    	  }
    	  catch (Exception e) {
     
    	}
    	  return x;
      }
    getting 0 all the time.....
    Last edited by helloworld922; December 14th, 2010 at 07:08 PM.


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    Default Re: Reading an int from bytes(binary file) - HELP

    For future reference, please flank your code with the [highlight=java][/highlight] tags.

    What input are you reading? It might help if you could post a more clear, compilable, concise, example that demonstrates the function(s) working improperly with a defined input.

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    Default Re: Reading an int from bytes(binary file) - HELP

     
     
    public static void main(String[] args){
    system.out.println(ReadInt(f));//f is a bmp file
    }
     
     
    public static int ReadInt(FileInputStream f)
    {
    try
    {
     
    int x = 0;
    int b = f.read();
    x += b;
    x = x << 8;
     
     
    b=f.read();
    x += b;
    x = x << 8;
     
     
    b=f.read();
    x += b;
    x = x << 8;
     
     
    b=f.read();
    x += b;
     
     
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
     
    }
    return x;
    }

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    Default Re: Reading an int from bytes(binary file) - HELP

    Better, but no one else has access to the contents of f...try modifying the code so that it demonstrates the behavior with a given series of known bytes (hard coded)
    Last edited by copeg; December 14th, 2010 at 02:06 PM.

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