Here you can find the source of convertToBigInteger(String s)
public static BigInteger convertToBigInteger(String s)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from ww w . ja va 2 s .c om*/ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. */ import java.math.BigInteger; public class Main { public static BigInteger convertToBigInteger(String s) { if ((s == null) || s.equals("")) { return null; } if (s.startsWith("+")) { s = s.substring(1); } return convertToInteger(s); } public static BigInteger convertToInteger(String s) { if ((s == null) || s.equals("")) { return null; } if (s.startsWith("+")) { s = s.substring(1); } return new BigInteger(s); } }