Converting Character Representation of Integer to Integer in Java

[bomba923]

Is there a way to convert a character representation of an integer into an integer (with integer representation )?
*for example (I'll add 8 to a certain digit in an integer),

String nmbr; //where I enter a number
int pst; //an integer representing the position of that digit in the number

System.out.println( nmbr.charAt(pst) + 8 );

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Obviously, I cannot add a character and an integer. Thus, I change to:
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System.out.println( Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(nmbr.charAt(pst))) + 8 );

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and it works, no compiling errors.

*However, is there a shorter way of converting a character representation of an integer to...well, an integer? Shorter than typing out:

" Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(nmbr.charAt(pst))) " ?

 

[Wrichik Basu]

I would rather not prefer a shorter option. Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(nmbr.charAt(pst))) is a neat code. The best you can do is Integer.parseInt("" + (nmbr.charAt(pst)), and one function call can be eliminated.

However, if you want, you can always define a new function:

int convert_add(char x, int y){
    int sum = Integer.parseInt(Character.toString(x)) + y;
    return sum;
}