Prob8_CountOfEqualBitPairs

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Prob8_CountOfEqualBitPairs {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.print("Num = ");
        int num = input.nextInt();
        String str = Integer.toBinaryString(num);
        byte counter = 0;

        for (int i = 0; i < (str.length()-1); i++) {
            byte rightBit =(byte)((num >> i) & 1);
            byte leftBit =(byte)((num >> (i+1)) & 1);
            if (rightBit == leftBit) {
                counter++;
            }
        }

        System.out.println("There are total << " + counter + " >> sequences of two equal bits (\"00\" or \"11\") that can be found in the");
        System.out.printf("binary representation of the num %d.\n",num);
    }
}