Assignment 1.4 Extra Credit

[Ray Marsh]

The extra credit for this assignment is to make a program that could handle number up to 999,999,999,999.
When I enter a number more than 9 digits long I get this error.
C:\pfe100i>java Say 2200000000
java.lang.NumberFormatException: 2200000000
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Compiled Code)
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:458)
at Say.main(Say.java:54)
Exception in thread "main"
Any suggestions? Thanks, Ray

[paul wheaton]

Hint: What is the maximum value you can store in an int?

[Pawel Veselov]

I believe, this can be an 'extra credits' task --
to write the program that can handle integers greater
than <code>int</code> capability.

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With best of best regards, Pawel S. Veselov ( aka Black Angel )

[paul wheaton]

Actually, almost everybodies solution gets past the limitations of int in a very simple way.

[Pawel Veselov]

Agreed. But anyway, we should propogate the good style -
developer should avoid as most possible problems as he/she
can find. So let's say

<pre>
There should be no problem in entering this, this and this values.
</pre>

So, let's them to block overlimited values or process them
correctly.