Rather than creating a boxed primitive from a ``++String++`` to extract the primitive value, use the relevant ``++parse++`` method instead. It will be clearer and more efficient.

== Noncompliant Code Example

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String myNum = "12.2";

float f = (new Float(myNum)).floatValue();  // Noncompliant; creates & discards a Float
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== Compliant Solution

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String myNum = "12.2";

float f = Float.parseFloat(myNum);
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