Adding args[1] to an int variable

Hello!

I recently wanted to make a money-like plugin and was working on a command that allows you to store a certain amount of money to your balance. I wanted to add args[1] of my /store command onto my balance variable, so adding a string to an integer, but I have no clue how I would have to do this. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

 

@DutchChris
Use parseInt

 

So lets say I use /store 10 and I want to add the 10 to my balance integer, how would I then add it using parseInt? It keeps giving me the error that I can't add args[1] because it's a string even after using a parseInt function.

 

@DutchChris Example:

Code:

Integer.parseInt(args[1])

 

Don't forget to trap errors in case someone fat fingers it and passes something non numeric.

 

Sorry, I'm still very new to programming, but how would I then make it so the String args[1] is recognized as an int? I tried making a simple function like this:

public static int toInt(String p) {
Integer.parseInt(p);
return p;
}

but it doesn't see p as an int but instead still as a string.

I really appreciate the help!

 

Ah that makes sense. I now have this line:

balance += Integer.parseInt(args[1]);

but it gives me an internal error when I run the command with this piece of code in it.

Sorry for the amount of questions, hope you don't mind