Question:
I want to convert an integer into a string. Is there anything in Java similar to the itoa() function in C?
Answer:
To convert a number (or in fact, any Java object) into a string isvery easy. Just concatenate it with the empty string.
int n = 5; String s = n + "";
You can also call the toString() function that is defined for allobjects, but that is a pain for numbers. A number isn’t an object, soyou first have to make the number an object.
Integer i = new Integer(n); String s = i.toString();
You can do it all in one statement:
String s = new Integer(n).toString();
Clearly the first method, of concatenating with “”, seems moreattractive.