How to convert String to Long in Kotlin?

Question

So, due to lack of methods like Long.valueOf(String s) I am stuck.

How to convert String to Long in Kotlin?

Answer 1

Note: Answers mentioning jet.String are outdated. Here is current Kotlin (1.0):

Any String in Kotlin already has an extension function you can call toLong(). Nothing special is needed, just use it.

All extension functions for String are documented. You can find others for standard lib in the api reference