Name: bsC130419			Date: 08/03/2001


The constructor
 public BigDecimal(String val)
of class java.math.BigDecimal throws StringIndexOutOfBoundsException
if 'val' is the string "+".
NumberFormatException expected.
(JDK1.2's BigDecimal throws NumberFormatException.)

Following is a test code.
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import java.math.BigDecimal;

public class BigDecimalTest {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
      BigDecimal bd = new BigDecimal("+");
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}
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Following is a output of the test code.

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% java -version
java version "1.3.0_01"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0_01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0_01, mixed mode)

% java BigDecimalTest
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 0
        at java.lang.String.charAt(String.java:507)
        at java.math.BigDecimal.<init>(BigDecimal.java:131)
        at BigDecimalTest.main(BigDecimalTest.java:6)
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(Review ID: 120709) 
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