What is NumberUtils.toInt() in Java?

toInt() is a staticthe methods in Java that can be called without creating an object of the class. method of the NumberUtils class that is used to convert the given string to an integer value. One variant of the method accepts a default value that is returned if the conversion fails.

How to import NumberUtils

The definition of NumberUtils can be found in the Apache Commons Lang package, which we can add to the Maven project by adding the following dependency to the pom.xml file:

<dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
            <version>3.12.0</version>
</dependency>

For other versions of the commons-lang package, refer to the Maven Repository.

You can import the NumberUtils class as follows.

import org.apache.commons.lang3.math.NumberUtils;

Syntax

public static int toInt(final String str, final int defaultValue)

Parameters

  • final String str: The string to convert.
  • final int defaultValue: The default value to return.

Return value

This method returns an int value else the default value if the conversion fails.

Overloaded methods

  • public static int toInt(final String str)

Code

import org.apache.commons.lang3.math.NumberUtils;
public class Main{
    public static void main(String[] args){
        // Example 1
        String stringToConvert = "23";
        int defaultValue = 24;
        System.out.printf("The output of the method NumberUtils.toInt(%s, %s) is %s", stringToConvert, defaultValue, NumberUtils.toInt(stringToConvert, defaultValue));
        System.out.println();
        // Example 2
        stringToConvert = "233sdf";
        defaultValue = 24;
        System.out.printf("The output of the method NumberUtils.toInt(%s, %s) is %s", stringToConvert, defaultValue, NumberUtils.toInt(stringToConvert, defaultValue));
        System.out.println();
    }
}

Example 1

  • stringToConvert = "23"
  • defaultValue = 24

The method returns 23 as the conversion is successful.

Example 2

  • stringToConvert = "233sdf"
  • defaultValue = 24

The method returns 24 as the conversion is unsuccessful.

Output

The output of the code will be as follows:

The output of the method NumberUtils.toInt(23, 24) is 23
The output of the method NumberUtils.toInt(233sdf, 24) is 24

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