[Java] Loss of Precision

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I got these errors in my function that prints out a byte in 1’s and 0’s. I don’t get why it’s saying that there will be a loss of precision if a byte type in Java is 8 bits and I assigned exactly 8 bits to that byte type.

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dcllnx17> javac PrintSimilarity.java
./Neighbors.java:25: possible loss of precision
found : int
required: byte
byte ander = 0x80;
^
./Neighbors.java:30: possible loss of precision
found : int
required: byte
ander = 0x80 >>> bit;
^
2 errors


   // Name:    charToBin
   // Input:   a single byte
   // Output:  none
   // Purpose: prints out the character input in binary
   public static void charToBin(byte theByte)
   {
      // ander = 1000 0000
      byte ander = 0x80;

      // tests each bit of input by ANDing 1 with each bit
      for(int bit = 0; bit < 8; bit++)
      {
         ander = 0x80 >>> bit;
         if((ander & theByte) == ander)
            System.out.print("1");
         else
            System.out.print("0");
      }
   }