converting String[][] to int[][]

[Bill Brasskey]

Although I know this should be the simplest thing in the world, I'm having trouble converting a 2-dimensional String array to a 2-dimensional int primitive array.
int[][] intResult=Integer.parseInt(strResult[1][0]);
where should the brackets go on the right side of the expression...
i guess i'm just missing something here.
[ June 08, 2004: Message edited by: Bill Brasskey ]

[Maulin Vasavada]

HI Bill,

parseInt() can deal with only ONE string and spits out ONLY ONE int. So you would have to run a for loop to convert all objects in String[][] to int[][]...it can't be done by single API call.

Thanks
Maulin

[Bill Brasskey]

is there any other way to do this w/out the for loop?
implicit conversion?

[Lavern Matthew]

No. You need too:

int[] n = new String[intResult.length];
for(int i=0, iLenght=intResult.length; i<iLength; i++)
{
  n[i] = new int[intResult[i].length];
  for(int j=0, jLenght=intResult[i].length; j<length; j++)
  {
    n[i][j] = Integer.parseInt(intResult[i][j]);
  }
}

[Wayne L Johnson]

I'm afraid not: you're stuck with doing a nested "for" loop.

Why are you so concerned with this? A nested "for" loop only adds a few extra lines to your code.