What's the easiest way to parse numbers in clojure?

Question

I\'ve been using java to parse numbers, e.g.

(. Integer parseInt  numberString)

Is there a more clojuriffic way that would handle both int

Answer 1

Brian Carper's suggested approach (using read-string) works nicely, but only until you try and parse zero-padded numbers like "010". Observe:

user=> (read-string "010")
8
user=> (read-string "090")
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NumberFormatException: Invalid number: 090 (NO_SOURCE_FILE:0)

This is because clojure tries to parse "090" as an octal, and 090 is not a valid octal!