import java.io.*; class shorttoboolean { public static void main(String[] args) { try { // Reads the value from console BufferedReader buffreader = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader(System.in)); System.out .println("---Data Conversion from short type to boolean type---"); System.out.println("Enter short type value: "); // Read short type data short myshort = Short.parseShort(buffreader.readLine()); // Convert short type data to boolean type boolean mybool = (myshort != 0); System.out .println("Converted value from short type to boolean type is : " + mybool); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println(" Error " + e); } } }