How to convert hex string to float in Java?

Question

How to convert hexadecimal string to single precision floating point in Java?

For example, how to implement:

float f = HexStringToFloat("BF800000"); // f should now contain -1.0

I ask this because I have tried:

float f = (float)(-1.0);
String s = String.format("%08x", Float.floatToRawIntBits(f));
f = Float.intBitsToFloat(Integer.valueOf(s,16).intValue());

But I get the following exception:

java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "bf800000"

Answer 1

public class Test {
  public static void main (String[] args) {

        String myString = "BF800000";
        Long i = Long.parseLong(myString, 16);
        Float f = Float.intBitsToFloat(i.intValue());
        System.out.println(f);
        System.out.println(Integer.toHexString(Float.floatToIntBits(f)));
  }
}