using Double

[Paul Keohan]

I am getting some numeric text from a JTextField using the JTextField.getText() method. When I use the String returned to instantiate a Double I get a NumberFormatException. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? If I replace the String variable name with a "99.9" for example, I don't get a problem.
My code looks roughly like this :
JTextField jt = new JTextField("66.8");
String number = jt.getText();
Double d = new Double(number);

Thanks.

[Don Smathers]

I haven't tried this, but it might work:
double nbr = Double.parseDouble( number ) ;
which should convert "123.456" to 123.456
but, be careful -- if your string is " 123.3" or "cde123.4" the class won't handle the complexity.

[Helmut Lerch]

Hi,

Originally posted by Don Smathers:
double nbr = Double.parseDouble( number ) ;

If you are using JDK1.1.x you have to use

Double.valueOf(number).doubleValue()

;
since there is no Double.parseDouble(String)