Converting an array of chars to a single integer.

Question

Hello, I have a little question that I would really appreciate if anyone could answer.
I have a year "1978" spread out in an array of chars like this:
c�r[3] // contains '8'
c�r[2] // contains '7'
c�r[1] // contains '9'
c�r[0] // contains '1'
and I would like to transform in into an integer, int �r = 1978 ,again. How can I do that?

Answer 1

I'm not sure if that would actually work but I would just put it into a loop, I am using a long value for the total just in case it isn't only 4 digits but more than 9.
static char c[] ={'0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9'};
static long totalC = 0;
public static void main(String [] args)throws IOException{
        for(int i=0;i<c.length;i++){
            totalC += Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(c[c.length-(i+1)]))* Math.pow(10,c.length-(i+1));
            System.out.println(totalC);
        System.out.println(totalC);
}