throws NumberFormatException ???

[rani bedi]

Float f = new Float("-2.0f");

[Priyanka Chopda]

I'm not getting any exception with
Float f = new Float("-2.0f");
nor with
Float f = new Float(-2.0f);
it prints -2.0
-PC

[rani bedi]

Actually i wanted to know why doesn't it throw the NumberFormatException? The API mentions that the NumberFormatException is thrown if the string does not contain a parsable number.
for e.g.
new Float("0x0123") throws the NumberFormatException

[Vad Fogel]

Float

public Float(String s)
      throws NumberFormatException

Constructs a newly allocated Float object that represents the floating-point value of type float represented by the string. The string is converted to a float value as if by the valueOf method.
Parameters:
s - a string to be converted to a Float.
Throws:
NumberFormatException - if the string does not contain a parsable number.
See Also:
valueOf(java.lang.String)

I believe -2.0f is valid as a float literal, so it's parsable.

[Marlene Miller]

The API documentation for Float.valueOf defines valid String values for the constructor Float(String), parseFloat(String) and valueOf(String).
The wrapper classes are inconsistent. The long suffix L is not allowed, but the float F and double D suffixes are allowed.
[ August 29, 2003: Message edited by: Marlene Miller ]

[rani bedi]

The wrapper classes are inconsistent. The long suffix L is not allowed, but the float F and double D suffixes are allowed.

Thanks Marlene. I got it now.