Solved String to Long parsing: NumberFormatException!

Hello! I am having a problem:

I keep getting a NumberFormatException when parsing a String to a Long, but I can't see why it's not working.

Here is where it is parsing:

Code:

String toParse = e.getInventory().getTitle().replaceFirst(ChatColor.DARK_AQUA + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "[MTS] " + ChatColor.GRAY + "", "");
                long presId = Long.parseLong(toParse);

Here is where the inventory's title is defined. I posted the method header thingy too so you can see that the "id" is a long.

Code:

    public static void results(Player player, long id, List<String> res){
            Inventory x = Bukkit.getServer().createInventory(null, 54, ChatColor.DARK_AQUA + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "[MTS] " + ChatColor.GRAY + "" + id);
        

This is what it is saying in the console:

Code:

Caused by: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "§3§l[MTS] §738"
    at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65) ~[?:1.8.0_77]

It says that it is parsing the entire title, even though I am using replaceFirst.

Can anyone help?

 

@Blockhead7360

Do tell me, what number includes paragraph symbols?

You can only have numbers in a string you want to parse out. Remove all paragraph symbols, letters, and brackets from the string before parsing it.

 

@Zombie_Striker Did I not? Look at the first method I posted. I replaced the first part of the title with nothing so just the number would be left. If I am doing something wrong with that, please tell me.

 

Try doing the following:

1. Split the string at "§" (note: Make sure your plugin is UTF compatible. Basically, if this throws an error on exporting, just make sure it is exported using UTF-8)
2. After splitting the string, get the very last string and use .substring(1) to remove that "7" from the endbit
3. Parse this new string.

 

@Zombie_Striker looks like it worked! Thanks!

I don't know why the replaceFirst thing didn't work, as it worked every other time I did it. But oh well.

Here is what I did:

Code:

                String toParse = e.getInventory().getTitle().split("§")[3].substring(1);