Java – Convert String to Float

January 4, 2010 | By Prasanna Sherekar

Filed in: Basics | Tags: Data Types, Float, String, Type Conversion

public class StringToFloat {
  public static void main (String[] args) {
    // String aString = "nofloat";    // do this if you want an exception
    String aString = "100.00";
    try {
      float aFloat = Float.valueOf(aString).floatValue();
      System.out.println("float aFloat = " + aFloat);
    }
    catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
      System.out.println("NumberFormatException: " + nfe.getMessage());
    }
  }
}

public class StringToFloat {

public static void main (String[] args) {

// String aString = "nofloat"; // do this if you want an exception

String aString = "100.00";

try {

float aFloat = Float.valueOf(aString).floatValue();

System.out.println("float aFloat = " + aFloat);

}

catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {

System.out.println("NumberFormatException: " + nfe.getMessage());

}