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Number format

Dmitry Shekhter
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I'm implementing the Comparator interface to compare two numeric values against each other. The values come in as a string consisting of 13 characters (ex: 2000102400001). I need to convert this string into a numeric value for comparison. Problem is the numeric formats I've tried(integer, long) throw a compile error "out of range". Any clues?
Thanks in advance.
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jason adam
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Check out the API for BigInteger, I'm sure you will find everything you need in there
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Bosun Bello
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Use parseLong. Remember to enclose it within try/catch and catch NumberFormatException
long yourNum = Long.parseLong(yourString)

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