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String to long datatype conversion problem
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Simpson Kumar
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Joined: Mar 19, 2008
Posts: 260
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I have a String value which has 0 s prior to the value, I need to parse that string long primitive type. When I do that, I got the values without 0 s, but I need them too.
How to get them too
String s = "000234";
long l = Long.parseLong(s);
the output for the top is displaying as 234 only, but I need 000234 too. how?
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Thanks,
Kumar
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Campbell Ritchie
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Joined: Oct 13, 2005
Posts: 32712
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A number is recorded as a number, whose value is independent of leading 0s. (That doesn't apply to literals however.) If you need to record the 000 at the beginning, it is easiest to maintain it as a String. I don't think BigInteger will help you.
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Himanshu Gupta
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Joined: Aug 18, 2008
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Why do you need to retail all the preceding zeros? I will say go for some other way to retain the leading zeros. Once you convert it into number then preceding zeros have no worth and hence they are removed.
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