In Java String to int conversion can be done in a few different ways. In this post we’ll show them and describe differences.
String to int
To create primitive int from String you can use Integer.parseInt(String):
int x = Integer.parseInt("42");
System.out.println("int is: " + x);
The above code produces the following output:
int is: 42
NumberFormatException when conversion fails
When Java cannot convert given String to int then NumberFormatException is thrown:
try {
Integer.parseInt("aoeu");
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
The above code prints:
java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "aoeu"
at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65)
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:580)
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:615)
at com.farenda.java.lang.StringToInt.numberFormatException(StringToInt.java:18)
at com.farenda.java.lang.StringToInt.main(StringToInt.java:7)
String to Integer
If you would like to convert String to Integer then there is Integer.valueOf(String) method exactly for that purpose:
Integer x = Integer.valueOf("42");
System.out.println("Integer is: " + x);
The code prints:
Integer is: 42
Note: It’s exactly like creating an Integer from result of Integer.parseInt(String).
NumberFormatException when String to Integer fails
Also here, when String to Integer conversion fails, the NumberFormatException is thrown:
try {
Integer.valueOf("xyz");
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Prints the following:
java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "xyz"
at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65)
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:580)
at java.lang.Integer.valueOf(Integer.java:766)
Integer from String in other base
Integer.decode(String) can be used to create Integer from octal, decimal, or hex String. Of course, this method may throw NumberFormatException as any other method that tries to create something from a String.
Octal String to Integer
System.out.println("From oct: " + Integer.decode("052"));
Prints:
From oct: 42
Decimal String to Integer
System.out.println("From dec: " + Integer.decode("42"));
Prints:
From dec: 42
Hex String to Integer
System.out.println("From hex: " + Integer.decode("0x2a"));
Prints:
From hex: 42
