BigInteger (String value) { int radix = 10; int index = 0; boolean negative = false; // Handle minus sign, if present. if (value.startsWith("-")) { negative = true; index++; } // Handle radix specifier, if present. if (value.startsWith("0x", index) || value.startsWith("0X", index)) { index += 2; radix = 16; } else if (value.startsWith("#", index)) { index++; radix = 16; } else if (value.startsWith("0", index) && value.length() > 1 + index) { index++; radix = 8; } BigInteger result = new BigInteger(value.substring(index), radix); return (negative ? result.negate() : result); }