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Subject: Re: Convert a String to Int: can I use toInt() instead of Integer.parseInt()?
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:54:47 -0700
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On 7/6/2011 11:11 AM, Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP] wrote:

> String str = "30420729485092847590";
> int[] x = new int[20];	
>
> 	for (int i = 0; i<  str.length(); i++)
> 	{
> 	String index = str.charAt(i)+"";
> 	x[i] = Integer.parseInt(index);
> 	}


The problem here is that you've switched requirements again.  Your first 
problems statement was:

 > find the largest product of a group of 5 integers.

And those aren't integers, they're digits.  So it all depends still on 
what you are trying to do.  If you just want the digits:

String str = "30420729485092847590";
int[] x = new int[ str.length ];  // *cough*

	for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++)
	{
	  x[i] = str.charAt(i) - '0';
	}

No need to parse a single digit.