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keenns
keenns

Reputation: 903

Converting a String with spaces to an Integer in java

I'm trying to convert a String variable into an integer, only the String looks like this (for example):

String string = " 12";

And so the String has a space in front of it. Now the String variable is being read from a .txt file which is why I'm having the issue of having the space in front of it. I need to convert the variable into an int, but when I try:

int integer = Integer.parseInt(string);

to pass the String into an integer, it compiles but I get an error when trying to run the program, since there is white space as part of the String.

Is there a way to pass a String of numbers with a space in front of it into an int? Would .trim work? And if so, how would I use that? (I'm not very familiar with .trim, I'm still learning!!) I appreciate the help! ^_^

Upvotes: 14

Views: 41764

Answers (6)

Asen
Asen

Reputation: 1

I think you should remove blank character before convert the string

int integer = Integer.parseInt(string.trim());

then, use parseInt or valueOf to convert the string for more information，please refer convert string to int

Upvotes: 0

Gilbert Lopez
Gilbert Lopez

Reputation: 173

If you using Java 11, you can use the String::strip method. For example: 

int integer = Integer.parseInt(string.strip());

The strip() method is similar to trim() but uses Character.isWhitespace(int) to resolve spaces. (The Character.isWhitespace(int) method is Unicode-aware.)

Upvotes: 2

Alireza Fattahi
Alireza Fattahi

Reputation: 45475

To make sure that your code does not throw NumberFormatException or even NullPointerException, when you get number from user, use apache common classes:

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.math.NumberUtils;
.....
// '1' is the default value which is returned when the string can not be converted to int
// The StringUtils.trimToEmpty do both left and right trim
int number = NumberUtils.toInt(StringUtils.trimToEmpty( "  12 ",1)) = 12;

Upvotes: 0

marcomarandiz
marcomarandiz

Reputation: 117

The string split() method works well if you have a string of multiple numbers separated by spaces.

String numbers = "1 23 456";
String[] numbersArray = numbers.split(" "); // splitting string by spaces
System.out.println(numbersArray.toString());
// output ["1","23","456"]

Then you can use Integer.parseInt() on each index of the array. Hope that helps

Upvotes: 6

Josh Engelsma
Josh Engelsma

Reputation: 2646

Use the string trim function in Java to first get a string without the spaces, then parse it...

1.) Remove spaces with trim ... String#trim

String stringWithoutSpace = string.trim();

2.) Parse the string without spaces ... Integer#parseInt

int integer = Integer.parseInt(stringWithoutSpace);

3.) Do everything above in one step ... 

int integer = Integer.parseInt(string.trim());

Upvotes: 7

Masudul
Masudul

Reputation: 21961

Would .trim work? And if so, how would I use that?

Yes, trim() will work, it will remove leading and trailing spaces from String,

int integer = Integer.parseInt(string.trim());

Upvotes: 17

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