Java.lang.Short.valueOf() Method

Description

The java.lang.Short.valueOf(String s) method returns a Short object holding the value given by the specified String.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.Short.valueOf() method

public static Short valueOf(String s) throws NumberFormatException

Parameters

• s -- This is the string to be parsed.

Return Value

This method returns a Short object holding the value represented by the string argument.

Exception

• NumberFormatException -- If the String does not contain a parsable short.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.lang.Short.valueOf() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.lang.*;

public class ShortDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

     short shortNum = 100;
     String str = "600";
    
     // returns Short object representing given short value
     Short ShortValue = Short.valueOf(shortNum);
     // displays the short object value
     System.out.println("Short object representing the specified short value =
     " + ShortValue);
     
     // returns a Short object holding the value given by the specified String
     ShortValue = Short.valueOf(str); 
     // displays the short object value
     System.out.println("Short object holding the value given by the specified
     String = " + ShortValue);
  }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

Short object representing the specified short value = 100
Short object holding the value given by the specified String = 600