Conversion from String to int

[Richard Robbins]

Is there a quick and easy way to convert a String (received using the Edit.getText() function) to an int, or does the conversion have to be done manually?

[Thomas Berglund]

You can use the Integer class to convert a String (containing digits only) to an Integer object. You can then get the primitive int value from the Integer object, e.g:
String s = "1234";
Integer intObject = new Integer(s);
int i = intObject.intValue();
[This message has been edited by Thomas Berglund (edited May 14, 2001).]

[David O'Meara]

Or...

int myInt = Integer.parseInt(myString);

in a single step.
(watch out for the NumberFormatException )
Dave.

[Richard Robbins]

I have been getting the NumberFormatException whenever I run this code:

Integer stringValue = new Integer(Repeat.getText());
Repeat is an edit box.

[Richard Robbins]

I solved the problem. I was using the name of my label (Repeat) rather than the name of the actual edit box (Number), so I was passing the String "Repeat" as a paramater to a new Integer.