Question

I was wondering if there is a better implementation for converting the following VB6 snippets in Immediate window to Java:

? Format("002-", "")
-2
? Str("002-")
-2

My Java code scans through the string and if it sees a negative sign, converts the string to a negative integer, else positive. I would like to know if Java has a utility function which functions the same way as this.

A link to the Str function here.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I believe this is what you’re looking for:

VB6       Java
---       -----
Str()     Integer.toString ();  # Convert integer to string
***       Integer.ParseInt ();  # Convert string to integer
Format()  String.Format ();

Here are some links:

• Integer.ParseInt(): http://cs.fit.edu/~ryan/java/language/simple.html

• String.Format(): http://www.xinotes.org/notes/note/1195/