AnyBaseToAnyBase.java

package Conversions;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;
import java.util.Scanner;

/**
 * Class for converting from "any" base to "any" other base, when "any" means from 2-36. Works by
 * going from base 1 to decimal to base 2. Includes auxiliary method for determining whether a
 * number is valid for a given base.
 *
 * @author Michael Rolland
 * @version 2017.10.10
 */
public class AnyBaseToAnyBase {

  /** Smallest and largest base you want to accept as valid input */
  static final int MINIMUM_BASE = 2;

  static final int MAXIMUM_BASE = 36;

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
    String n;
    int b1, b2;
    while (true) {
      try {
        System.out.print("Enter number: ");
        n = in.next();
        System.out.print(
            "Enter beginning base (between " + MINIMUM_BASE + " and " + MAXIMUM_BASE + "): ");
        b1 = in.nextInt();
        if (b1 > MAXIMUM_BASE || b1 < MINIMUM_BASE) {
          System.out.println("Invalid base!");
          continue;
        }
        if (!validForBase(n, b1)) {
          System.out.println("The number is invalid for this base!");
          continue;
        }
        System.out.print(
            "Enter end base (between " + MINIMUM_BASE + " and " + MAXIMUM_BASE + "): ");
        b2 = in.nextInt();
        if (b2 > MAXIMUM_BASE || b2 < MINIMUM_BASE) {
          System.out.println("Invalid base!");
          continue;
        }
        break;
      } catch (InputMismatchException e) {
        System.out.println("Invalid input.");
        in.next();
      }
    }
    System.out.println(base2base(n, b1, b2));
    in.close();
  }

  /** Checks if a number (as a String) is valid for a given base. */
  public static boolean validForBase(String n, int base) {
    char[] validDigits = {
      '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I',
      'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z'
    };
    // digitsForBase contains all the valid digits for the base given
    char[] digitsForBase = Arrays.copyOfRange(validDigits, 0, base);

    // Convert character array into set for convenience of contains() method
    HashSet<Character> digitsList = new HashSet<>();
    for (int i = 0; i < digitsForBase.length; i++) digitsList.add(digitsForBase[i]);

    // Check that every digit in n is within the list of valid digits for that base.
    for (char c : n.toCharArray()) if (!digitsList.contains(c)) return false;

    return true;
  }

  /**
   * Method to convert any integer from base b1 to base b2. Works by converting from b1 to decimal,
   * then decimal to b2.
   *
   * @param n The integer to be converted.
   * @param b1 Beginning base.
   * @param b2 End base.
   * @return n in base b2.
   */
  public static String base2base(String n, int b1, int b2) {
    // Declare variables: decimal value of n,
    // character of base b1, character of base b2,
    // and the string that will be returned.
    int decimalValue = 0, charB2;
    char charB1;
    String output = "";
    // Go through every character of n
    for (int i = 0; i < n.length(); i++) {
      // store the character in charB1
      charB1 = n.charAt(i);
      // if it is a non-number, convert it to a decimal value >9 and store it in charB2
      if (charB1 >= 'A' && charB1 <= 'Z') charB2 = 10 + (charB1 - 'A');
      // Else, store the integer value in charB2
      else charB2 = charB1 - '0';
      // Convert the digit to decimal and add it to the
      // decimalValue of n
      decimalValue = decimalValue * b1 + charB2;
    }

    // Converting the decimal value to base b2:
    // A number is converted from decimal to another base
    // by continuously dividing by the base and recording
    // the remainder until the quotient is zero. The number in the
    // new base is the remainders, with the last remainder
    // being the left-most digit.
    if (0 == decimalValue) return "0";
    // While the quotient is NOT zero:
    while (decimalValue != 0) {
      // If the remainder is a digit < 10, simply add it to
      // the left side of the new number.
      if (decimalValue % b2 < 10) output = Integer.toString(decimalValue % b2) + output;
      // If the remainder is >= 10, add a character with the
      // corresponding value to the new number. (A = 10, B = 11, C = 12, ...)
      else output = (char) ((decimalValue % b2) + 55) + output;
      // Divide by the new base again
      decimalValue /= b2;
    }
    return output;
  }
}