Convert String to long

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Convert String to long

Convert String to long

     

In this section, we will learn how to convert String to long. The following program provides you the functionality to convert String to long.

Code Description:

In this program we have taken a String as "String s = 20000" as shown below. To convert this String to long we have used "parseLong()" method in a try and catch block to catch the exception if occurs. Therefore we get the following output of the program as shown below.

Here is the code of the program:

public class StrToLong {
  public static void main (String[] args) {
 String s = "20000";
 try {
 long l = Long.parseLong(s.trim());
 System.out.println("long l = " + l);
  catch (NumberFormatException e) {
 System.out.println("NumberFormatException: " + e.getMessage());
  }
  }
 }

Output of the program:

C:\unique>javac StrToLong.java

C:\unique>java StrToLong
long l = 20000

C:\unique>

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