Java Short - toUnsignedLong() Method

The java.lang.Short.toUnsignedLong() method is used to convert the argument to a long by an unsigned conversion. In an unsigned conversion to a long, the high-order 48 bits of the long are zero and the low-order 16 bits are equal to the bits of the short argument. Consequently, zero and positive short values are mapped to a numerically equal long value and negative short values are mapped to a long value equal to the input plus 2¹⁶.

Syntax

public static long toUnsignedLong(short x)

Parameters

Return Value

Returns the argument converted to long by an unsigned conversion

Exception

NA.

Example:

In the example below, the java.lang.Short.toUnsignedLong() method is used to convert the given short value to a long by an unsigned conversion.

import java.lang.*;

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {

    //creating short values
    short x = 25;
    short y = -25;

    //printing UnsignedLong value of short values
    System.out.println("UnsignedLong value of x is: " + Short.toUnsignedLong(x)); 
    System.out.println("UnsignedLong value of y is: " + Short.toUnsignedLong(y));  
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

UnsignedLong value of x is: 25
UnsignedLong value of y is: 65511