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Siva Nookala - 06 Oct 2016
The valueOf() method is a static method in String class, it returns the string representation of the specified value. The value can be a boolean, char, char [], double, float, int, long or an Object.

Variants of valueOf method are :
Method Signature Description
String valueOf(boolean b)
Returns the string representation of the booleanargument.
String valueOf(char c)
Returns the string of length 1 containing as its single character the argument c.
String valueOf(char[] data)
Returns the string representation of the chararray argument.
String valueOf(char[] data, int offset, int count)
Returns the string representation of a specific subarray of the chararray argument.
String valueOf(double d)
Returns the string representation of the doubleargument.
String valueOf(float f)
Returns the string representation of the floatargument.
String valueOf(int i)
Returns the string representation of the intargument.
String valueOf(long l)
Returns the string representation of the longargument.
String valueOf(Object obj)
Returns the string representation of the Objectargument.
A sample program :
valueOf Test
class ValueOfDemo
{
    public static void main(String arg[])
    {
        int i = 10;
        boolean b = true;
        float f = 4.56789f;
        char[] data = {'M','E','R','I','T',' ','C','A','M','P','U','S'};
        String sample = String.valueOf(i); // LINE A
        System.out.println("String of integer i : " + sample);
        sample = String.valueOf(b); // LINE B
        System.out.println("String of boolean b : " + sample);
        sample = String.valueOf(f); // LINE C
        System.out.println("String of float f : " + sample);
        sample = String.valueOf(data, 0, 12); // LINE D
        System.out.println("String representation of data : "+ sample);
        sample = String.valueOf(data, 0, 5); // LINE E
        System.out.println("Subarray in data starting at index 0 : " + sample);
        sample = String.valueOf(data, 6, 6); // LINE F
        System.out.println("Subarray in data starting at index 6 : " + sample);    
    }
}
OUTPUT

String of integer i : 10
String of boolean b : true
String of float f : 4.56789
String representation of data : MERIT CAMPUS
Subarray in data starting at index 0 : MERIT
Subarray in data starting at index 6 : CAMPUS

DESCRIPTION

At LINE A, int is converted to String. At LINE B, boolean is converted to String. At LINE C, float is converted to String. At LINE D, character array data is converted to string using valueOf method. At LINE E, a part of array data is converted to String i.e. 5 characters from index 0. At LINE F, a part of array data is converted to String i.e. 6 characters from index 6.

THINGS TO TRY
  • Try converting other data types like char, double, long, Object.
  • Insert
    sample = String.valueOf(null);
    This statement calls valueOf(char[]) method, which generates a NullPointerException.
  • Insert
    sample = String.valueOf( (Object)null);
    This statement calls valueOf(Object) method. A String object having value null is returned.

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