4><a href=andback.html>Converting Strings to Numbers</a>
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You can also use methods from the Integer, Float, Double, and Long classes
to convert the contents of a String to a number.
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<h4>Other Interesting Features
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String and StringBuffer provide several other useful ways to manipulate
string data, including concatenation, comparison, substitution, and converting to
upper and lower case.
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