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Numbers

This section begins with a discussion of the Number class in java.lang and its subclasses. In particular, this section talks about why you might need these classes, points out the common methods and class variables they have in common, and shows you how to convert instances to strings.

Additionally, this section talks about other classes you might need to work with numbers. For instance, if you need to display a number in a particular format, you can use the NumberFormat and DecimalFormat classes in java.text to format them. Also, the Math class in java.lang contains class methods that perform mathematical functions beyond those provided by the language. This class has methods for the trigonometric functions, exponential functions, and so on.

Number classes:

• Number
• Byte
• Double
• Float
• Integer
• Long
• Short
• BigDecimal
• BigInteger

Wrappers for other data types (for completeness):

• Boolean
• Character
• Void

Beyond basic arithmetic:

• Math

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