What is NumberUtils.toFloat() in Java?

The toFloat() method

toFloat() is a staticdescribes the methods in Java that can be called without creating an object of the class method of the NumberUtils class that is used to convert the given string to a float value.

One variant of the method accepts a default value which is returned if the conversion fails.

How to import NumberUtils

The definition of NumberUtils can be found in the Apache Commons Lang package, which we can add to the Maven project by adding the following dependency to the pom.xml file:

<dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
            <version>3.12.0</version>
</dependency>

For other versions of the commons-lang package, refer to the Maven Repository.

You can import the NumberUtils class as follows:

import org.apache.commons.lang3.math.NumberUtils;

Syntax

public static float toFloat(String str, float defaultValue)

Parameters

• String str: This is the string to convert.
• float defaultValue: This is the default value to return.

Return value

This method returns a float value. If the conversion fails, it returns the default value.

Overloaded methods

public static float toFloat(final String str)

This variant of the function returns 0.0f if conversion fails.

Code

Example 1

• string to convert = 23.356
• default value = 24.34f

The method returns 23.356 because the conversion is successful.

Example 2

• string to convert = 233sdf
• default value = 24.34f

The method returns 24.34 because the conversion is unsuccessful.

Expected output

The output of the code is as follows:

The output of the method NumberUtils.toFloat(23.356, 24.34) is 23.356
The output of the method NumberUtils.toFloat(233sdf, 24.34) is 24.34