Character.getNumericValue

Character.getNumericValue

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Syntax
public static int getNumericValue( char ch )
Parameters
ch
the character to be converted.
radix
the radix.
Returns
the numeric value of the character, as a nonnegative int value; -2 if the character has a numeric value that is not a nonnegative integer; -1 if the character has no numeric value.
Description
Returns the Unicode numeric value of the character as a nonnegative integer. If the character does not have a numeric value, then -1 is returned. If the character has a numeric value that cannot be represented as a nonnegative integer (for example, a fractional value), then -2 is returned.

See Also
forDigit, isDigit