How do I convert from int to String?

Question

I\'m working on a project where all conversions from int to String are done like this:

int i = 5;
String strI = \"\" + i;
         


        

Answer 1

As already pointed out Integer.toString() or String.valueOf() are the way to go. I was curious and did a quick benchmark:

Integer.toString(i) and String.valueOf(i) are basically identical in performance, with Integer.toString(i) being a tiny bit faster. However i + "" is 1.7 times slower.

import java.util.Random;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        long concat = 0;
        long valueOf = 0;
        long toString = 0;
        
        int iterations = 10000;
        int runs = 1000;
        for(int i = 0; i < runs; i++) {
            concat += concat(iterations);
            valueOf += valueOf(iterations);
            toString += to_String(iterations);
        }
        
        System.out.println("concat: " + concat/runs);
        System.out.println("valueOf: " + valueOf/runs);
        System.out.println("toString: " + toString/runs);
    }
    
    public static long concat(int iterations) {
        Random r = new Random(0);
        long start = System.nanoTime();
        for(int i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
            String s = r.nextInt() + "";
        }
        return System.nanoTime() - start;
    }
    
    public static long valueOf(int iterations) {
        Random r = new Random(0);
        long start = System.nanoTime();
        for(int i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
            String s = String.valueOf(r.nextInt());
        }
        return System.nanoTime() - start;
    }
    
    public static long to_String(int iterations) {
        Random r = new Random(0);
        long start = System.nanoTime();
        for(int i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
            String s = Integer.toString(r.nextInt());
        }
        return System.nanoTime() - start;
    }
}

Output:

concat: 1004109
valueOf: 590978
toString: 587236