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Programmerr
Programmerr

Reputation: 1041

Cannot convert string to a long in scala

Why can I not convert the following string into a long? i am trying to do this in scala.

var a = "153978017952566571852"

val b = a.toLong

when I try to convert it I get the NumberFormatException

Upvotes: 10

Views: 32368

Answers (1)

akuiper
akuiper

Reputation: 215137

Because the number exceeds the limit of Long Integer which goes from -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807, with maximum of 19 digits, while your string contains 21 digits.

You can convert it to Float or Double if you don't have to be exact:

scala> val b = a.toFloat
b: Float = 1.5397802E20

scala> val b = a.toDouble
b: Double = 1.5397801795256658E20

Upvotes: 17

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