title: How do I to use the shift operator on a "binary string"?
body: <p>So far I have a binary number stored as a string:</p>
  
  <pre><code>String value = "111111110000000010101010";
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and I want to use the shift operators so that it will then be equal to <code>000000000000000011111111</code>.</p>
  
  <p>I know that I need to shift it 16 spots over but how do I convert the string value so that I can use the shift operator on it?</p>