A Java Question

[Falcon21]

Hello, I have a newbie question here. How do I convert the char and String data type to an integer in Java so that I can perform arithmetic operation?

Thanks.

[el-half]

like this?

char crap = 'a';
int othercrap = (int)crap;

othercrap would have the ascii code value of 'a' then.

[slarty]

If you want to decode them in decimal, use the Integer.parseInt() method (IIRC)

something like

  String mystr = "42";
  int theAnswer = Integer.parseInt(mystr);

Slarty

[Juridian]

I strongly recommend keeping a link on hand to the api documentation on http://java.sun.com . A quick run through there before coming here would probably save you time.

[Death_Knight]

Integer.parseInt will do the job nice

[Falcon21]

Thanks, Integer.parseInt works.

[skiddieleet]

Will Integer.parseInt convert the String datatype to int? :P
j/k, I just thought it was funny that it was mentioned 3 times. the java API owns j00.