dart:core

parse method

int parse(String source, { int radix, int onError(String source) })

Parse source as a, possibly signed, integer literal and return its value.

The source must be a non-empty sequence of base-radix digits, optionally prefixed with a minus or plus sign ('-' or '+').

The radix must be in the range 2..36. The digits used are first the decimal digits 0..9, and then the letters 'a'..'z' with values 10 through 35. Also accepts upper-case letters with the same values as the lower-case ones.

If no radix is given then it defaults to 10. In this case, the source digits may also start with 0x, in which case the number is interpreted as a hexadecimal literal, which effectively means that the 0x is ignored and the radix is instead set to 16.

For any int n and radix r, it is guaranteed that n == int.parse(n.toRadixString(r), radix: r).

If the source is not a valid integer literal, optionally prefixed by a sign, the onError is called with the source as argument, and its return value is used instead. If no onError is provided, a FormatException is thrown.

The onError handler can be chosen to return null. This is preferable to to throwing and then immediately catching the FormatException. Example:

var value = int.parse(text, onError: (source) => null);
if (value == null) ... handle the problem

The onError function is only invoked if source is a String. It is not invoked if the source is, for example, null.

Source

external static int parse(String source,
    {int radix, int onError(String source)});