Program: How to convert String to signed decimal integer value?

By using Integer.parseInt() method, we can convert String to singned decimal integer value.

package com.java2novice.wrapper.integer;

public class MySignedParseInt {

	public static void main(String a[]){
		String number = "768";
		Integer i = Integer.parseInt(number);
		System.out.println("converted integer: "+i);
		number = "-786";
		i = Integer.parseInt(number);
		System.out.println("converted integer: "+i);
	}
}

converted integer: 768
converted integer: -786