Java.lang.long

Question

Hi,
I have written a java system to read and analyse log files. I wrote the code and tested it on a windows xp machine with the latest 1.4.2 SDK. It all worked fine, tested and debuged it. Finally moved it onto a Linux Red Hat 9 machine, where it will live from now on, with the same SDK.
Expected it to compile fine, but it has thrown 2 errors. Here they are :
main.java:174: incompatible types
found : java.lang.Long
required: long
long boutx = Long.valueOf(bout);
^
main.java:184: incompatible types
found : java.lang.Long
required: long
long binx = Long.valueOf(bin);
^
2 errors
bout and bin are Strings that contain a large number. int is not big enough to hold the number. What i am tryign to do is convert the String to a long so i can divide it by 1000000 then convert it back to a Strign again.
Like i said, it worked fine on Windows XP. I am at a loss on what to do to solve this.
Thanks :)

Answer 1

ok, im fairly new to java so, i made a mistake. BUT, it works in XP for sure, no errors. I did use BlueJ to compile it, dont knwo if that makes any difference. But it compiles and get teh correct values lol.
OK, so long is a primitive right? and Long.valueOf() is a object that stores a primitive value long ? The way i thought it worked was teh Object Long just worked out the long value of a String. Is thsi correct or am i thinkign wrong?
I have read the ********** API a few times :) Thats where i got valueOf() friom. I just didnt understand it right. :)
Any sugestions on how i should be going abotu this?
Thanks for you response.