Java Short - parseShort() Method

The java.lang.Short.parseShort() method is used to parse the string argument as a signed decimal short. The characters in the string must all be decimal digits, except that the first character may be an ASCII minus sign '-' ('\u002D') to indicate a negative value or an ASCII plus sign '+' ('\u002B') to indicate a positive value. The resulting short value is returned, exactly as if the argument and the radix 10 were given as arguments to the parseShort(java.lang.String, int) method.

Syntax

public static short parseShort(String s)
                        throws NumberFormatException

Parameters

Return Value

Returns the short value represented by the argument in decimal.

Exception

Throws NumberFormatException, if the string does not contain a parsable short.

Example:

In the example below, the java.lang.Short.parseShort() method is used to parse the string argument as a signed decimal short.

import java.lang.*;

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    
    //creating a string holding short value
    String x = "25";

    //creating short value
    short y = Short.parseShort(x);

    //printing the string
    System.out.println("The string is: " + x); 

    //printing the short value
    System.out.println("The short value is: " + y);   
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

The string is: 25
The short value is: 25