Upper Case Conversion Required

java-programmer, Upper Case Conversion Required I wrote the code snip below to do some extra checking on string to
double conversion. I did not expect the need to call toUpperCase.
What was I not anticipating? It just didn't seem logical to me,
given the number of tools out there that create their floating point
numbers with a lower case "e".

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private java.util.Locale myLocale =
java.util.Locale.getDefault( );

private java.text.NumberFormat DFormat =
java.text.NumberFormat.getInstance( myLocale );
private java.text.ParsePosition DPosition =
new java.text.ParsePosition( 0 );

public double DparseDouble( String S ) throws NumberFormatException
{
// Trim it and check for a blank string.
// Upper case is needed to match the "E" in scientific notation.

String T = S.trim( ).toUpperCase( );
if( T.length( ) == 0 )
{
throw new NumberFormatException( );
}

// Otherwise, try to parse it.

DPosition.setIndex( 0 );
Number parsedNumber = DFormat.parse( T, DPosition );

// Failure will occur if none or only a part of the string
// is properly parsed.

if( DPosition.getIndex( ) < T.length( ) )
{
throw new NumberFormatException( );
}

return parsedNumber.doubleValue( );
}

java-programmer >> Upper Case Conversion Required Couldnt help but ask - Why go through all this to convert a string to a
double? You can do the same by new Double(yourString).doubleValue() or
Double.valueOf(yourString).doubleValue().

Is this that you are trying to parse out a double from an alphanumeric
string, or you need the double in a special format (like with a
lowercase e) ?

-cheers,
Manish

Richard F.L.R.Snashall wrote:
> I wrote the code snip below to do some extra checking on string to
> double conversion. I did not expect the need to call toUpperCase.
> What was I not anticipating? It just didn't seem logical to me,
> given the number of tools out there that create their floating point
> numbers with a lower case "e".
>
> -------------------------
>
> private java.util.Locale myLocale =
> java.util.Locale.getDefault( );
>
> private java.text.NumberFormat DFormat =
> java.text.NumberFormat.getInstance( myLocale );
> private java.text.ParsePosition DPosition =
> new java.text.ParsePosition( 0 );
>
> public double DparseDouble( String S ) throws NumberFormatException
> {
> // Trim it and check for a blank string.
> // Upper case is needed to match the "E" in scientific notation.
>
> String T = S.trim( ).toUpperCase( );
> if( T.length( ) == 0 )
> {
> throw new NumberFormatException( );
> }
>
> // Otherwise, try to parse it.
>
> DPosition.setIndex( 0 );
> Number parsedNumber = DFormat.parse( T, DPosition );
>
> // Failure will occur if none or only a part of the string
> // is properly parsed.
>
> if( DPosition.getIndex( ) < T.length( ) )
> {
> throw new NumberFormatException( );
> }
>
> return parsedNumber.doubleValue( );
> }

java-programmer >> Upper Case Conversion Required Manish Pandit wrote:
> Couldnt help but ask - Why go through all this to convert a string to a
> double? You can do the same by new Double(yourString).doubleValue() or
> Double.valueOf(yourString).doubleValue().
>
> Is this that you are trying to parse out a double from an alphanumeric
> string, or you need the double in a special format (like with a
> lowercase e) ?
>

It is user input. I need to (for my own piece of mind) be sure that the
user has input "a double, a whole double, and nothing but a double";-)

Most of the internal routines didn't seem to fit the bill. Lower case
"e" was just [to me] a user-friendly allowance.

java-programmer >> Upper Case Conversion Required Hi,

You should be okay if the user enters a 'e' or an 'E'. For example,
Double.valueOf("1.23456789e9").doubleValue() will return 1.23456789E9
and so will Double.valueOf("1.23456789E9").doubleValue().

Maybe I am missing something again..

Also, just a tip regarding null-proofing the blank check for the string
- you might want to check for null before trimming it - more like if (
S !=null && S.trim().length() >0 ){ .... }

-cheers,
Manish

Richard F.L.R.Snashall wrote:
> Manish Pandit wrote:
> > Couldnt help but ask - Why go through all this to convert a string to a
> > double? You can do the same by new Double(yourString).doubleValue() or
> > Double.valueOf(yourString).doubleValue().
> >
> > Is this that you are trying to parse out a double from an alphanumeric
> > string, or you need the double in a special format (like with a
> > lowercase e) ?
> >
>
> It is user input. I need to (for my own piece of mind) be sure that the
> user has input "a double, a whole double, and nothing but a double";-)
>
> Most of the internal routines didn't seem to fit the bill. Lower case
> "e" was just [to me] a user-friendly allowance.

java-programmer >> Upper Case Conversion Required Manish Pandit wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You should be okay if the user enters a 'e' or an 'E'. For example,
> Double.valueOf("1.23456789e9").doubleValue() will return 1.23456789E9
> and so will Double.valueOf("1.23456789E9").doubleValue().
>
> Maybe I am missing something again..
>

I was using Double.parseDouble. According to the documentation:

"static double parseDouble(String s)
Returns a new double initialized to the value represented by
the specified String, as performed by the valueOf method of class Double."

That failed to work properly when the user input "e".

> Also, just a tip regarding null-proofing the blank check for the string
> - you might want to check for null before trimming it - more like if (
> S !=null && S.trim().length() >0 ){ .... }

I'll keep that in mind.