java.lang.NumberFormatException

[nikil shar]

hi all,
i get this error when trying to parse a string :

java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "12345501297"

String accountNo = "12345501297";

if (accountNo.length() != 0) {
   accountNumber = Integer.parseInt(accountNo.trim());
}

i dont see why it throws this error ??

thanks in advance.

[Vijitha Kumara]

The value you are trying to parse is too large for "int" type. Check with "Integer.MAX_VALUE".

[chandrakant karale]

 if (accountNo.length() != 0) {     
accountNumber = Integer.parseInt(accountNo.trim());  
} 

If you are dealing with large account numbers, use long as datatype; replace Integer.parseInt by Long.parseLong.

[Rob Spoor]

And if they still don't fit you have little option but to use BigInteger.