How to format strings in Java

In addition to String.format, also take a look java.text.MessageFormat. The format less terse and a bit closer to the C# example you’ve provided and you can use it for parsing as well. For example: A nicer example takes advantage of the varargs and autoboxing improvements in Java 1.5 and turns the above into a one-liner: MessageFormat is … Read more

How do I convert a String to an int in Java?

If you look at the Java documentation you’ll notice the “catch” is that this function can throw a NumberFormatException, which of course you have to handle: (This treatment defaults a malformed number to 0, but you can do something else if you like.) Alternatively, you can use an Ints method from the Guava library, which in combination with Java 8’s Optional, makes … Read more