What's the "java" way of converting chars (digits) to ints [duplicate]

Question

Given the following code:

    char x = '5';     int a0 = x - '0'; // 0     int a1 = Integer.parseInt(x + ""); // 1     int a2 = Integer.parseInt(Character.toString(x)); // 2     int a3 = Character.digit(x, 10); // 3     int a4 = Character.getNumericValue(x); // 4     System.out.printf("%d %d %d %d %d", a0, a1, a2, a3, a4); 

(version 4 credited to: casablanca)

What do you consider to be the "best-way" to convert a char into an int ? ("best-way" ~= idiomatic way)

We are not converting the actual numerical value of the char, but the value of the representation.

Eg.:

convert('1') -> 1 convert('2') -> 2 .... 

Answer 1

How about Character.getNumericValue?

Answer 2

I'd strongly prefer Character.digit.