How to convert locale formatted number to BigInteger in Java?

biginteger, formatting, java, locale, numbers

Solution

Get a `NumberFormat` instance for a Portuguese `Locale`, and then `parse` the number with it. This will also handle locale-specific decimal separators.

NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(new Locale("pt", "PT"));
DecimalFormat df = (DecimalFormat)nf;
df.setParseBigDecimal(true);
BigDecimal decimal = (BigDecimal)df.parse("12.090.129.019.201.920.192.091.029.102.901.920.192.019.201.920");
BigInteger big = decimal.toBigInteger();

DEMO.

Problem

I searched a lot but nothing helped me :( Suppose I need convert 12.090.129.019.201.920.192.091.029.102.901.920.192.019.201.920 (in Portuguese group separator: .) to BigInteger value. How to do that conversion? I tried use NumberFormat, DecimalFormat and nothing works or I didn't on right way :(

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