Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* Protocol Definition Language Copyright (C) 2003-2006 Marcus Andersson This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ public class Main { public static int parseDual(String s) { if (s.length() < 2 || Character.toLowerCase(s.charAt(s.length() - 1)) != 'd') throw new NumberFormatException("not a dual number: " + s); if (s.length() > 33) throw new NumberFormatException("number has more than 32 digits:" + s); int val = 0; for (int i = 0; i < s.length() - 1; i++) { val = val << 1; switch (s.charAt(i)) { case '1': val |= 1; break; case '0': break; default: throw new NumberFormatException("not a dual number: " + s); } } return val; } }