Java Short - valueOf() Method

The java.lang.Short.valueOf() method returns a Short object holding the value given by the specified String. The argument is interpreted as representing a signed decimal short, exactly as if the argument were given to the parseShort(java.lang.String) method. The result is a Short object that represents the short value specified by the string.

In other words, this method returns a Short object equal to the value of: new Short(Short.parseShort(s)).

Syntax

public static Short valueOf(String s)
                     throws NumberFormatException

Parameters

Return Value

Returns a Short object holding the value represented by the string argument.

Exception

Throws NumberFormatException, if the String does not contain a parsable short.

Example:

In the example below, the java.lang.Short.valueOf() method returns a Short object holding the value given by the specified String.

import java.lang.*;

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    
    //creating a string holding short value
    String x = "25";

    //creating Short object
    Short y = Short.valueOf(x);

    //printing the string
    System.out.println("The string is: " + x); 

    //printing the Short object 
    System.out.println("The Short object is: " + y);   
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

The string is: 25
The Short object is: 25