[Aesthetic]

I have to make a Calculator that works something like this:

user enters in: six times five
output: 6 x 5 = 30

i am making the text the user enters a string, but i don't know how to convert from a string to an integer. meaning, i don't know how to make six = 6.

does anybody know? the parseInt method only takes an int from a string, and makes it an int. but how do you make text an int?

any help you could offer would be great. i am just a beginner with Java, and i'm trying to learn the ropes.

thanks.

[mgoldb2]

depends how large the numbers need to be. if you limiting too 1-9 then I would just use a giant if-else statement to map each string to a number meaning

if(string=="one"
int = 1
else if(string=="two)
int = 2
.
.
.
.
else if(string=="nine")
int = 9
else
"invalid input"

now of corce this not a reasonable soulution if you need more then 1-9

[furtivefelon]

you could use java dictionary to store complementary pairs.. then use the methods in there to get your desired #

However, if you store 6 as "6", i believe you can simply use casting.. Though i remember you have to do a bit more than casting, specifics i have fogotten..