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NumberFormatException when parsing a Double from string

Long story short here is my code that throws the number format exception:-

String percenta = "6.415‏";
holder.setPercent(Double.parseDouble(percenta));

I've tried a also Double.valueOf() but none of them work, still throws the same exception

here is the exception message

java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "6.415‏"

what seems to be the problem here ?

EDIT

so the problem is in my encoding after all, how do i change that, I am using JSOUP to parse a page and it is supposed to be UTF-8, is Double.parseDouble not UTF-8 friendly ?

Solution

  • Try using:

    NumberFormat format = NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.US);
Number number = format.parse("6.415");
double d = number.doubleValue();

    This may happen because of your internal Locale specification.

    In order to verify it, check if it works:

    String percenta = "6,415‏";
holder.setPercent(Double.parseDouble(percenta));