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 answer is almost correct. Instead of using read-string directly from clojure's core. Use clojure.edn/read-string. It is safe and it will parse anything that you throw at it.

(ns edn-example.core
    (require [clojure.edn :as edn]))

(edn/read-string "2.7"); float 2.7
(edn/read-string "2"); int 2

simple, easy and execution safe ;)