How to convert string representation of an ASCII value to character

Question

I have a String containing ASCII representation of a character i.e.

String test = "0x07";

Is there a way I can somehow parse it to its character value.

I want something like

char c = 0x07;

But what the character exactly is, will be known only by reading the value in the string.

Possible duplicate of [Parsing a Hexadecimal String to an Integer throws a NumberFormatException?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11377944/parsing-a-hexadecimal-string-to-an-integer-throws-a-numberformatexception) — shmosel, Feb 10 '17 at 20:24
@shmosel That answer looks good too. I just didn't find it when I was struggling with my issue because may be I wasn't searching with right keywords. — Nick Div, Feb 10 '17 at 21:28

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 10 '17 at 20:32

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You have to add one step:

String test = "0x07";
int decimal = Integer.decode(test);
char c = (char) decimal;

answered Feb 10 '17 at 20:32

matejetz

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