thread “main” java.lang.NumberFormatException: null

Question

I\'m a beginner to Java programming and I encounter the following exception:

Exception in thread \"main\" java.lang.NumberFormatException: null
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Answer 1

This exception occurs if you try to convert a string to a number, where the string does not actually contain a number.

Example:

Integer.valueOf("10").intValue(); works, but Integer.valueOf("abcd").intValue() throws out the NumberFormatException.

Check your input file and make sure you're actually having a number there.

Line by Line debugger would be very useful here. Also use the good old System.out.println to see the value in id.

Answer 2

That exception means that when you are executing this line of code

id1 = Integer.valueOf(id).intValue();

the value you are trying to convert into an integer (id), isn't a number.

You need to double check your input file's format.