Dart .parse()

In Dart, the .parse() method is used to convert a string representation of data into a specified data type. It is commonly used to parse strings into numeric values, such as integers or doubles.

Syntax

dataType.parse(string)

The above syntax dataType.parse(string) represents a method call in Dart that converts the string string into the specified data type dataType.

Example

In the following example, the .parse() method is used to convert the string 42 into an int and another string 3.14 into a double:

void main() {
  String numberAsString = '42';
  String doubleAsString = '3.14';

  int number = int.parse(numberAsString);
  double doubleNumber = double.parse(doubleAsString);

  print(number);
  print(doubleNumber);
}

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The above code will produce the following output:

42
3.14

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