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Fix binary to octal conversion #793

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25 changes: 16 additions & 9 deletions Conversions/BinaryToOctal.java
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Expand Up @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public class BinaryToOctal {
*/
public static void main(String args[]) {
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Input the binary number: ");
int b = sc.nextInt();
System.out.println("Octal equivalent: " + convertBinaryToOctal(b));
sc.close();
Expand All @@ -26,18 +27,24 @@ public static void main(String args[]) {
* This method converts a binary number to
* an octal number.
*
* @param b The binary number
* @param binary The binary number
* @return The octal number
*/
public static int convertBinaryToOctal(int b) {
int o = 0, r = 0, j = 1;
while (b != 0) {
r = b % 10;
o = o + r * j;
j = j * 2;
b = b / 10;
public static String convertBinaryToOctal(int binary) {
String octal = "";
int currBit = 0, j = 1;
while (binary != 0) {
int code3 = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
currBit = binary % 10;
binary = binary / 10;
code3 += currBit * j;
j *= 2;
}
octal = code3 + octal;
j = 1;
}
return o;
return octal;
}

}