converting String to double

Hi.

In my JSP I easily converted a double I made to a string value, to show percent on a page.

I'm trying to pass it back to my servlet, the string value, that is, which it does just fine.

Now I'm trying to recast that String value back to that of a double, but am getting the error:

java.lang.NumberFormatException: 18.182%

Not sure why.

Can anyone please look at this and let me know what's wrong?

My servlet compiles just fine, and if I put in a try catch block to catch an NFE exception being thrown, it of course just bypasses it altogether.

String appercent$ = request.getParameter("appercent$");

NumberFormat percent = NumberFormat.getPercentInstance();

percent.setMinimumFractionDigits(3);

double apprecentdbl = Double.parseDouble(appercent$);

Thanks!!

[901 byte] By [bpropes20a] at [2007-10-3 3:29:12]