diff --git a/XML.java b/XML.java
index d49784d..cea3abe 100755
--- a/XML.java
+++ b/XML.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
  * This provides static methods to convert an XML text into a JSONObject,
  * and to covert a JSONObject into an XML text.
  * @author JSON.org
- * @version 2012-10-26
+ * @version 2013-11-12
  */
 public class XML {
 
@@ -301,9 +301,6 @@ public class XML {
      * @return A simple JSON value.
      */
     public static Object stringToValue(String string) {
-        if ("".equals(string)) {
-            return string;
-        }
         if ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(string)) {
             return Boolean.TRUE;
         }
@@ -313,36 +310,26 @@ public class XML {
         if ("null".equalsIgnoreCase(string)) {
             return JSONObject.NULL;
         }
-        if ("0".equals(string)) {
-            return new Integer(0);
-        }
 
-// If it might be a number, try converting it. If that doesn't work,
-// return the string.
+// If it might be a number, try converting it, first as a Long, and then as a
+// Double. If that doesn't work, return the string.
 
         try {
             char initial = string.charAt(0);
-            boolean negative = false;
-            if (initial == '-') {
-                initial = string.charAt(1);
-                negative = true;
-            }
-            if (initial == '0' && string.charAt(negative ? 2 : 1) == '0') {
-                return string;
-            }
-            if ((initial >= '0' && initial <= '9')) {
-                if (string.indexOf('.') >= 0) {
-                    return Double.valueOf(string);
-                } else if (string.indexOf('e') < 0 && string.indexOf('E') < 0) {
-                    Long myLong = new Long(string);
-                    if (myLong.longValue() == myLong.intValue()) {
-                        return new Integer(myLong.intValue());
-                    } else {
-                        return myLong;
-                    }
+            if (initial == '-' || (initial >= '0' && initial <= '9')) {
+                Long value = new Long(string);
+                if (value.toString().equals(string)) {
+                    return value;
                 }
             }
         }  catch (Exception ignore) {
+            try {
+                Double value = new Double(string);
+                if (value.toString().equals(string)) {
+                    return value;
+                }
+            }  catch (Exception ignoreAlso) {
+            }
         }
         return string;
     }