Float.valueOf() String in Java

Float.valueOf(): This method is available in java.lang.Float class of Java.

Syntax:

Float java.lang.Float.valueOf(String s) throws NumberFormatException

This method takes one argument of type String as its parameter. This method returns a Float object holding the float value represented by the argument string s.

Note: If s is null, then a NullPointerException is thrown.

Parameters: One parameter is required for this method.

s: the string to be parsed.

Returns: a Float object holding the value represented by the String argument.

Throws: NumberFormatException - if the string does not contain a parsable number.

For Example:

String s = "1818.56"

Float.valueOf(s) = > It returns 1818.56 

Approach

Java

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

        String s = "1818.56";
        System.out.println(Float.valueOf(s));
    }
}

Output:

1818.56