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fresh learner
fresh learner

Reputation: 467

Double value big enough returns an error in Java

I was basically playing with data types in order to learn java and here is what i am confused about.

double douVar = 30000000000.323262342134353;
int intVar = (int)douVar; // casting
System.out.println(intVar);

Now converting the douVar to string i overwrite the double variable:

douVar = 345839052304598; // returns an error: Integer number too long
System.out.println(Double.toString(douVar));

complete error:

Error:(20, 18) java: integer number too large: 345839052304598

I'm using IntellijIDEA compiler. I didnt try this over eclipse though but i assume the compiler would not be so different. Does this mean that casting would result in modifying the original variable as well?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 838

Answers (5)

i_turo
i_turo

Reputation: 2729

Java interprets 345839052304598 as an integer.

In Java an Integer is 4 bytes long and therefore has a value range from –2 147 483 648 to 2 147 483 647. (your number is obviously not in that range)

To make Java treat the number as a double, you must write:

double d = 345839052304598D;
/* or */
double d1 = 345839052304598.0;

(Same goes for a long, you have to write L instead of D in that case)

Upvotes: 5

Thusitha Thilina Dayaratne
Thusitha Thilina Dayaratne

Reputation: 5712

When you declare number as 345839052304598 compiler tries to read it as a 32 bit integer. But since this exceed the range of int compiler throws the error. You can use d, D or L suffix or add decimal place like .0 to to handle this,

Upvotes: 2

Brett Okken
Brett Okken

Reputation: 6306

In Java, constant numbers without a decimal are ints by default. There are 2 ways to change the constant definition to a double:

  1. Add a d or D at the end.
  2. Add a .0 at the end
douVar = 345839052304598d;
douVar = 345839052304598.0;

Upvotes: 5

COLINHY
COLINHY

Reputation: 395

Just change douVar = 345839052304598; to douVar = 345839052304598.00;

Upvotes: 1

Darshan Lila
Darshan Lila

Reputation: 5868

The literal 345839052304598 will be considered as an integer by the compiler, since this value is to large for an integer, a compile time error is thrown. Therefore you need to tell the compiler that the value you want to use is actually double value, that you can do the following way:

douVar =345839052304598D; // note D at the end which tells comipler that it is double

Upvotes: 3

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