Convert short to int in Java

In this Java core tutorial, we learn how to convert short value into int value in Java via different solutions.

Table of contents

Assign short variable to int variable
Using Integer.valueOf() method
Using Short.intValue() method

Assign short variable to int variable

We can convert shot value into in value by simply assign directly a short variable to an int variable as following Java example.

ConvertShortToIntExample1.java

public class ConvertShortToIntExample1 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        short value1 = 87;
        int value2 = value1;

        System.out.println("short value: " + value1);
        System.out.println("int value: " + value2);
    }
}

The output is:

short value: 87
int value: 87

Using Integer.valueOf() method to instantiate int value from a short value

The following example Java program to show how to use the Integer.valueOf() method to convert a short value to an int value.

ConvertShortToIntExample2.java

public class ConvertShortToIntExample2 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        short value1 = 87;
        int value2 = Integer.valueOf(value1);

        System.out.println("short value: " + value1);
        System.out.println("int value: " + value2);
    }
}

The output is:

short value: 87
int value: 87

Using Short.intValue() method to get int value from an Short object

Given an Short object we can use Short.intValue() method to get the int value as below Java example.

ConvertShortToIntExample3.java

public class ConvertShortToIntExample3 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Short value1 = 57;
        int value2 = value1.intValue();

        System.out.println("short value: " + value1);
        System.out.println("int value: " + value2);
    }
}