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Al-Noor Virani
Courses Plus Student 471 Pointshelp me understand parse please
When we're discussing converting string to int in Java. I don't understand what parse means. Can someone help me understand it please?
3 Answers
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 PointsHi Alnoor,
try this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcx37lUQz5g
Generally parsing is:
"Parsing is to read the value of one object to convert it to another type. For example you may have a string with a value of "10". Internally that string contains the Unicode characters '1' and '0' not the actual number 10. The method Integer.parseInt takes that string value and returns a real number" citationt: Martin Harrys
The uppercased "Integer" is a wrapper class. It contains the method parseInt that parse = analyse the String an returns a real number.
Kristian Terziev
28,449 PointsOscarRyz does a great job explaining the basics of parse. You can find his explanation here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/787735/what-is-parse-parsing
Al-Noor Virani
Courses Plus Student 471 PointsThank you for trying, however I was able to better understand when explained in detail, like Grigorij Schleifer explained it. :) Thank you really for trying!
Kristian Terziev
28,449 PointsAll that matters is that you understand what you need :)
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 PointsThank you for asking :)
Al-Noor Virani
Courses Plus Student 471 PointsAl-Noor Virani
Courses Plus Student 471 PointsThank you! This helped me understand it really well :) You rock!