Scala: convert string to Int or None

Question

I am trying to get a number out of an xml field

...
12
...

via

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Answer 1

Scala 2.13 introduced String::toIntOption:

"5".toIntOption                 // Option[Int] = Some(5)
"abc".toIntOption               // Option[Int] = None
"abc".toIntOption.getOrElse(-1) // Int = -1