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Thread: Help with Casting Vectors and String.valueOf()

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    Default Help with Casting Vectors and String.valueOf()

    Hi guys,

    I'm new to this forum but if you guys could help me out real quick, I would appreciate it.

    So I made this vector which is full of integers that I parsed previously from Strings. So the code looked something like:
    size = Integer.parseInt(sizeString);
    showSize.addElement(size);
    size is an integer, sizeString is a String, showSize is a vector.

    This part works flawlessly but when I add this part of the code:
    showString = String.valueOf(((int)showSize.get(0)));
    I get an error saying "inconvertible types found: java.lang.Object required: int"

    I thoguht that the casting of the int of showSize will make the parameters an int but I guess not. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Thank you in advance!


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    Default Re: Help with Casting Vectors and String.valueOf()

    Autoboxing is taking place, converting your int to an Integer.
    Use: Vector<Integer> vector = new Vector<Integer>(); where the Integer is specified rather than assumed
    or: Vector<Integer> vector = new Vector<>();
    but not: Vector vector = new Vector();
    When you get your value back out it is in Integer form, and should auto-unbox itself if you just remove the cast.

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