reading Integer

[Siz]

I'm new to java!
I'm reading integer here is the code I'm using!
and it always get different than what I enter.
Can anyone help me in this!

what is the best way to read integer!
when I trace RO value it is fixed so I didn't get whats the problem!!!
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System.out.println("Enter the number of rows of the first matrix:");

InputStreamReader rr = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
BufferedReader bf1 = new BufferedReader(rr);
String dV1 = new String(bf1.readLine());
char dd1= dV1.charAt(0); int RO= dd1;

[Paul Clapham]

Siz <sizhnorr@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:38dac27f@news.devx.com...
>
> I'm new to java!
> I'm reading integer here is the code I'm using!
> and it always get different than what I enter.
> Can anyone help me in this!
>
> what is the best way to read integer!
> when I trace RO value it is fixed so I didn't get whats the problem!!!
> ===========================
> System.out.println("Enter the number of rows of the first matrix:");
>
> InputStreamReader rr = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
> BufferedReader bf1 = new BufferedReader(rr);
> String dV1 = new String(bf1.readLine());
> char dd1= dV1.charAt(0); int RO= dd1;

When you do "int RO=dd1" you are _casting_ a char to an int. This gives the
int the Unicode value of the char. For example, the Unicode value of '1' is
49. Try int RO = Integer.parseInt(dd1);.