public int getBits(String string) {
        byte[] bytes = string.getBytes();
        StringBuilder binary = new StringBuilder();
        for (byte b : bytes) {
            int val = b;
            for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
                binary.append((val & 128) == 0 ? 0 : 1);
                val <<= 1;
            }
        }
        return binary.length();
    }