Java convert long to short

Tags: long short

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

Table of contents

  1. How to cast long to short in Java
  2. Using Long.shortValue() method

How to cast long to short in Java

In this first solution to convert a long value to short value we just simply cast the long variable to a short variable as the following Java code.

ConvertLongToShortExample1.java 

public class ConvertLongToShortExample1 {
    public static void main(String... args) {
        long longValue = 999;

        short shortValue = (short)longValue;

        System.out.println("long value: " + longValue);
        System.out.println("short value: " + shortValue);
    }
}
The output as below. 
long value: 999
short value: 999

Using Long.shortValue() method

In this second solution, with a given Long object we can use the Long.shortValue() method to return the short value as the example Java code below.

ConvertLongToShortExample2.java 

public class ConvertLongToShortExample2 {
    public static void main(String... args) {
        Long longValue = 987L;

        short shortValue = longValue.shortValue();

        System.out.println("long value: " + longValue);
        System.out.println("short value: " + shortValue);
    }
}
The output as below. 
long value: 987
short value: 987

Happy Coding 😊

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