How to convert string into float value in android
<blockquote>
  <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4229710/string-from-edittext-to-float">String from EditText to float</a>  </p>
</blockquote>



<p>In application I want to convert the entered string in edit box to the corresponding value like <code>233243664376347845.89</code> to corresponding float value. But it returns like IE10 after some number for example <code>23324366IE10</code> Please help me. My code is -</p>

<pre><code>NumberFormat format = NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.US);

try 
{
    number = format.parse(e1.getText().toString());
} catch (ParseException e) 
{
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
}
</code></pre>

<p>The edit text length is greater then 20 digits,also i want to minus two edit text float values...</p>
