[java] Converting a String array into an int Array in java

I am new to java programming. My question is this I have a String array but when I am trying to convert it to an int array I keep getting

java.lang.NumberFormatException

My code is

private void processLine(String[] strings) {
    Integer[] intarray=new Integer[strings.length];
    int i=0;
    for(String str:strings){
        intarray[i]=Integer.parseInt(str);//Exception in this line
        i++;
    }
}

Any help would be great thanks!!!

This is because your string does not strictly contain the integers in string format. It has alphanumeric chars in it.

Since you are trying to get an Integer[] array you could use:

Integer[] intarray = Stream.of(strings).mapToInt(Integer::parseInt).boxed().toArray(Integer[]::new);

Your code:

private void processLine(String[] strings) {
    Integer[] intarray = Stream.of(strings).mapToInt(Integer::parseInt).boxed().toArray(Integer[]::new);
}

Note, that this only works for Java 8 and higher.

Suppose, for example, that we have a arrays of strings:

String[] strings = {"1", "2", "3"};

With Lambda Expressions ^{[1] [2]} (since Java 8), you can do the next ?:

int[] array = Arrays.asList(strings).stream().mapToInt(Integer::parseInt).toArray();

? This is another way:

int[] array = Arrays.stream(strings).mapToInt(Integer::parseInt).toArray();

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Notes
1. Lambda Expressions in The Java Tutorials.
2. Java SE 8: Lambda Quick Start</sub>

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class array_test {

public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException{

BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String line = br.readLine();

String[] s_array = line.split(" ");

/* Splitting the array of number separated by space into string array.*/

Integer [] a = new Integer[s_array.length];

/Creating the int array of size equals to string array./

    for(int i =0; i<a.length;i++)
    {
        a[i]= Integer.parseInt(s_array[i]);// Parsing from string to int

        System.out.println(a[i]);
    }

    // your integer array is ready to use.

}

}

private void processLine(String[] strings) {
    Integer[] intarray=new Integer[strings.length];
    for(int i=0;i<strings.length;i++) {
        intarray[i]=Integer.parseInt(strings[i]);
    }
    for(Integer temp:intarray) {
        System.out.println("convert int array from String"+temp);
    }
}

To help debug, and make your code better, do this:

private void processLine(String[] strings) {
    Integer[] intarray=new Integer[strings.length];
    int i=0;
    for(String str:strings){
        try {
            intarray[i]=Integer.parseInt(str);
            i++;
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not a number: " + str + " at index " + i, e);
        }
    }
}

Also, from a code neatness point, you could reduce the lines by doing this:

for (String str : strings)
    intarray[i++] = Integer.parseInt(str);

Another short way:

int[] myIntArray = Arrays.stream(myStringArray).mapToInt(Integer::parseInt).toArray();

public static int[] strArrayToIntArray(String[] a){
    int[] b = new int[a.length];
    for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
        b[i] = Integer.parseInt(a[i]);
    }

    return b;
}

This is a simple function, that should help you. You can use him like this:

int[] arr = strArrayToIntArray(/*YOUR STR ARRAY*/);