Java Number - shortValue() Method

The java.lang.Number.shortValue() method returns the value of the specified number as a short, which may involve rounding or truncation. This implementation returns the result of intValue() cast to a short.

Syntax

public short shortValue()

Parameters

No parameter is required.

Return Value

Returns the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to type short.

Exception

NA.

Example:

In the example below, the java.lang.Number.shortValue() method returns the short value of the given numbers.

import java.lang.*;

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    
    //creating an Double value
    Double val1 = 123.23;

    //creating a Float value
    Float val2 = 55.75f;

    //printing the short value of given numbers
    System.out.println("short value of val1: " + val1.shortValue()); 
    System.out.println("short value of val2: " + val2.shortValue());   
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

short value of val1: 123
short value of val2: 55

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