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Pads the string with zeros on the left until it has the requested size
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//package org.ancora.SharedLibrary;
/**
* Methods for bit manipulation.
*
* @author Joao Bispo
*/
public class Util{
private static final String ZERO = "0";
private static final String HEX_PREFIX = "0x";
/**
* Pads the string with zeros on the left until it has the requested size.
*
* @param binaryNumber
* @param size
* @return
*/
public static String padBinaryString(String binaryNumber, int size) {
int stringSize = binaryNumber.length();
if(stringSize >= size) {
return binaryNumber;
}
int numZeros = size - stringSize;
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(numZeros);
for(int i=0; i<numZeros; i++) {
builder.append(ZERO);
}
return builder.toString() + binaryNumber;
}
}
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