How to convert string into integer in velocity template?

Question

i have a velocity template file which has the data from xml. I want to convert the string into integer type. can anyone help me to find out the solution.

Answer 1

Aha! Been there.

#set($intString = "9")
#set($Integer = 0)
$Integer.parseInt($intString)

Doing this uses the java underlying velocity. The $Integer variable is nothing more that a java Integer object which you can then use to access .parseInt

Answer 2

Thx dude you saved my life