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The valueOf method returns the relevant Number Object holding the value of the argument passed. The argument can be a primitive data type, String, etc. This method is a static…

The method determines whether the Number object that invokes the method is equal to the object that is passed as argument. Syntax public boolean equals(Object o) Parameters o - Any…

The compareTo method is to use compare one number against another. This is useful if you want to compare the value of numbers. Syntax public int compareTo( NumberSubClass referenceName )…

This method takes on the Number as the parameter and returns a primitive type based on the method which is invoked. Following are the list of methods available − byte…

In Groovy, Numbers are actually represented as object’s, all of them being an instance of the class Integer. To make an object do something, we need to invoke one of…

Groovy is an “optionally” typed language, and that distinction is an important one when understanding the fundamentals of the language. When compared to Java, which is a “strongly” typed language,…

Groovy provides a number of helper methods when working with I/O. Groovy provides easier classes to provide the following functionalities for files. Reading filesWriting to filesTraversing file treesReading and writing…

A method is in Groovy is defined with a return type or with the def keyword. Methods can receive any number of arguments. It’s not necessary that the types are explicitly defined…

It is also possible to have a nested set of switch statements. The general form of the statement is shown below − switch(expression) { case expression #1: statement #1 ... case expression…

Sometimes the nested if-else statement is so common and is used so often that an easier statement was designed called the switch statements. switch(expression) { case expression #1: statement #1 ... case…