Java - Short valueOf(String s) method

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Description

The Java Short valueOf(String s) method returns an Short object holding the value of the specified String s.

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 an Short object holding the value represented by the string argument.

Exception

NumberFormatException − if the string cannot be parsed as an short.

Example 1

The following example shows the usage of Short valueOf(String s) method to get the Short object using the specified String having an short value. We've created a String variable and assigned it a positive short value. Then using valueOf() method, we're getting the object and printing it.

package com.tutorialspoint;
public class ShortDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      String s = "170";
      System.out.println("String = " + s);
    
      /* returns the Short object of the given string */
      System.out.println("valueOf = " + Short.valueOf(s));
   }
}

Output

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

String = 170
valueOf = 170

Example 2

The following example shows the usage of Short valueOf(String s) method to get the Short object using the specified String having an short value. We've created a String variable and assigned it a negative short value. Then using valueOf() method, we're getting the object and printing it.

package com.tutorialspoint;
public class ShortDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      String s = "-170";
      System.out.println("String = " + s);
    
      /* returns the Short object of the given string */
      System.out.println("valueOf = " + Short.valueOf(s));
   }
}

Output

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

String = -170
valueOf = -170

Example 3

The following example shows the usage of Short valueOf(String s) method to get the Short object using the specified String having an short value. We've created a String variable and assigned it an invalid short value. Then using valueOf() method, we're trying to get the object and printing it. It will throw NumberFormatException.

package com.tutorialspoint;
public class ShortDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      String s = "0x170";
      System.out.println("String = " + s);
    
      /* returns the Short object of the given string */
      System.out.println("valueOf = " + Short.valueOf(s));
   }
}

Output

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

String = 0x170
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "0x170"
	at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Short.parseShort(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Short.valueOf(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Short.valueOf(Unknown Source)
	at com.tutorialspoint.ShortDemo.main(ShortDemo.java:11)