Name: dbT83986 Date: 03/09/99


Float.valueOf () parses the string "1.d" but not "1.d2". Here is
sample code:

public class NFETest {
    public static void main (String args[]) {
        String[] values = {"1.e", "1.e2", "1.d", "1.d2"};
        for (int i=0; i<4; i++) {
            try {
                float x = Float.valueOf (values[i]).floatValue ();
                System.out.println (values[i] + " parses to " + x);
            }
            catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                System.out.println ("Cannot parse " + nfe.getMessage ());
            }
        }
    } // main
}

Running this produces

Cannot parse 1.e
1.e2 parses to 100.0
1.d parses to 1.0
Cannot parse 1.d2

I believe that 1.d should not parse and that 1.d2 should parse.
(Review ID: 54565)
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