Converting a string to int in Groovy
Use the toInteger()
method to convert a String
to an Integer
, e.g.
int value = "99".toInteger()
An alternative, which avoids using a deprecated method (see below) is
int value = "66" as Integer
If you need to check whether the String
can be converted before performing the conversion, use
String number = "66"
if (number.isInteger()) {
int value = number as Integer
}
Deprecation Update
In recent versions of Groovy one of the toInteger()
methods has been deprecated. The following is taken from org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.StringGroovyMethods
in Groovy 2.4.4
/**
* Parse a CharSequence into an Integer
*
* @param self a CharSequence
* @return an Integer
* @since 1.8.2
*/
public static Integer toInteger(CharSequence self) {
return Integer.valueOf(self.toString().trim());
}
/**
* @deprecated Use the CharSequence version
* @see #toInteger(CharSequence)
*/
@Deprecated
public static Integer toInteger(String self) {
return toInteger((CharSequence) self);
}
You can force the non-deprecated version of the method to be called using something awful like:
int num = ((CharSequence) "66").toInteger()
Personally, I much prefer:
int num = 66 as Integer
Several ways to do it, this one's my favorite:
def number = '123' as int
As an addendum to Don's answer, not only does groovy add a .toInteger()
method to String
s, it also adds toBigDecimal()
, toBigInteger()
, toBoolean()
, toCharacter()
, toDouble()
, toFloat()
, toList()
, and toLong()
.
In the same vein, groovy also adds is*
eqivalents to all of those that return true
if the String
in question can be parsed into the format in question.
The relevant GDK page is here.