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The Float class contains a number of (static) methods for converting to/from various formats. To convert to a float use static method Float.parseFloat().

String s = "123.456";
try
{
   float f = Float.parseFloat(s);
}
catch (NumberFormatException ex)
{
   // s is not a float
}

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