Converting a string to int in Groovy

Question

I have a String that represents an integer value and would like to convert it to an int. Is there a groovy equivalent of Java\'s Integer.pars

Answer 1

Here is the an other way. if you don't like exceptions.

def strnumber = "100"
def intValue = strnumber.isInteger() ?  (strnumber as int) : null

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

I'm not sure if it was introduced in recent versions of groovy (initial answer is fairly old), but now you can use:

def num = mystring?.isInteger() ? mystring.toInteger() : null

or

def num = mystring?.isFloat() ? mystring.toFloat() : null

I recommend using floats or even doubles instead of integers in the case if the provided string is unreliable.

Answer 4

Well, Groovy accepts the Java form just fine. If you are asking if there is a Groovier way, there is a way to go to Integer.

Both are shown here:

String s = "99"
assert 99 == Integer.parseInt(s)
Integer i = s as Integer
assert 99 == i

Answer 5

def str = "32"

int num = str as Integer

Answer 6

Several ways to do it, this one's my favorite:

def number = '123' as int