Converting String to char when String is a valid char

Question

I am doing socket communication using bluetooth in which I am getting hex values as a variables in string format.

I can write -

char char1= 0x7D;

But somehow if value 0x7D is string then how to convert that to char.

For example, I can't do -

String string1 = "0x7D";
char char1 = (char)string1;

Any approach to do that ?

I want this because I can write to socket with -

char[] uploadCommand2 =  {0x7d, 0x4d, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0xcb};

But can't if 0x7d is a string like --

char[] uploadCommand2 =  {string1, 0x4d, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0xcb};

Answer 1

If you strip off the 0x prefix for your hex String representation, you can use Integer.parseInt and cast to char.

See edit below for an alternative (possibly more elegant solution).

String s = "0x7D";
//                  | casting to char
//                  |    | parsing integer ...
//                  |    |                | on stripped off String ...
//                  |    |                |               | with hex radix
System.out.println((char)Integer.parseInt(s.substring(2), 16));

Output

}

Edit

As njzk2 points out:

System.out.println((char)(int)Integer.decode(s));

... will work as well.

Answer 2

Integer.parseInt(String) returns an Integer representation of the given String from which you can then obtain the character.

Answer 3

String string1 = "0x7D";
char char1 = (char) Integer.parseInt(string1.substring(2), 16);

Edit: This works, but Integer.decode() is the way to go here (thanks to njzk2).