Java - Long toBinaryString() method

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Description

The Java Long toBinaryString() method returns a string representation of the long argument as an unsigned long in base 2.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.Long.toBinaryString() method

public static String toBinaryString(long i)

Parameters

i − This is an long to be converted to a string.

Return Value

This method returns the string representation of the unsigned long value represented by the argument in binary (base 2).

Exception

NA

Example 1

The following example shows the usage of Long toBinaryString() method to get the binary string representation of the specified long value. We've created a long variable and assigned it a positive long value. Then using toBinaryString() method, we're printing the result.

package com.tutorialspoint;
public class LongDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      long i = 170L;
      System.out.println("Number = " + i);
    
      /* returns the binary string representation of the given number */
      System.out.println("toBinaryString = " + Long.toBinaryString(i));
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Number = 170
toBinaryString = 10101010

Example 2

The following example shows the usage of Long toBinaryString() method to get the binary string representation of the specified long value. We've created a long variable and assigned it a negative long value. Then using toBinaryString() method, we're printing the result.

package com.tutorialspoint;
public class LongDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      long i = -170L;
      System.out.println("Number = " + i);
    
      /* returns the binary string representation of the given number */
      System.out.println("toBinaryString = " + Long.toBinaryString(i));
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Number = -170
toBinaryString = 11111111111111111111111101010110

Example 3

The following example shows the usage of Long toBinaryString() method to get the binary string representation of the specified long value. We've created a long variable and assigned it a zero value. Then using toBinaryString() method, we're printing the result.

package com.tutorialspoint;
public class LongDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      long i = 0L;
      System.out.println("Number = " + i);
    
      /* returns the binary string representation of the given number */
      System.out.println("toBinaryString = " + Long.toBinaryString(i));
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Number = 0
toBinaryString = 0