Java Short decode​(String nm) method example

Important Notes:

• This method throws NumberFormatException, if the String does not contain a parsable short.
• the decode​(String nm) method of Short class is static thus it should be accessed statically which means the we would be calling this method in this format:Short.decode​(String nm)

  Non static method is usually called by just declaring method_name(argument) however in this case since the method is static, it should be called by appending the class name as suffix. We will be encountering a compilation problem if we call the java decode method non statically

public static Short decode​(String nm) throws NumberFormatException

The decode​(String nm) method of Short class returns a Short object holding the short value represented by nm

Requires Java 1.0 and up

Below is a simple java example on the usage of decode​(String nm) method of Short class.

package com.javatutorialhq.java.examples;

import java.util.Scanner;

/*
 * This example source code demonstrates the use of  
 * decode(String nm) method of Short class
 */

public class ShortDecodeExample {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		// Ask for user input
		System.out.print("Enter a value:");

		// declare a scanner object to read the user input
		Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);

		// assign the input to a variable
		String value = s.nextLine();

		// get the decode() method result
		Short result = Short.decode(value);

		// print the result
		System.out.println("Result:" + result);

		// close the scanner object
		s.close();

		/*
		 * Format available 
		 * 0x HexDigits 
		 * 0X HexDigits 
		 * # HexDigits 
		 * 0 OctalDigits
		 */
	}

}

The above example will ask for user input and will decode it to short value. Make sure to follow the format allowed as mentioned in the description.

Below is the sample output when you run the above example.

• Java Short Class Tutorial
• Java Tutorial

• Oracle Java Documentation