Java convert byte to short

Tags: byte short

In this Java core tutorial we learn how to convert a byte value to a short value with different solutions in Java programming language.

Table of contents

  1. Assign byte variable to short variable in Java
  2. Using Byte.shortValue() method
  3. Using Short.valueOf() method

Assign byte variable to short variable in Java

In this first solution to convert a byte value to a short value we just simply assign the byte variable to the short variable as the following Java program.

ConvertByteToShortExample1.java 

public class ConvertByteToShortExample1 {
    public static void main(String... args) {
        byte byteValue = 11;

        short shortValue = byteValue;

        System.out.println("byte value: " + byteValue);
        System.out.println("short value: " + shortValue);
    }
}
The output as below. 
byte value: 11
short value: 11

Using Byte.shortValue() method

In this second solution, with a given Byte object we can convert it to short value using the Byte.shortValue() method as the following example Java code.

ConvertByteToShortExample2.java 

public class ConvertByteToShortExample2 {
    public static void main(String... args) {
        Byte byteValue = 69;

        short shortValue = byteValue.shortValue();

        System.out.println("byte value: " + byteValue);
        System.out.println("short value: " + shortValue);
    }
}
The output as below. 
byte value: 69
short value: 69

Using Short.valueOf() method

In this third solution, we can use the Short.valueOf(short s) static method to create a new Short object from a given byte value as the following Java code.

ConvertByteToShortExample3.java 

public class ConvertByteToShortExample3 {
    public static void main(String... args) {
        byte byteValue = 67;

        Short shortValue = Short.valueOf(byteValue);

        System.out.println("byte value: " + byteValue);
        System.out.println("short value: " + shortValue);
    }
}
The output as below. 
byte value: 67
short value: 67

Happy Coding 😊

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