> > You can convert only string wrapped numbers in to
> > int, not all strings.
>
> wrong. It all depends on the algorithm you use and
> what meaning you wish to assign to the outcome...
> Take a hashcode for example, you can create one from
> a string and it is an integer value.
I think he meant one can only parse strings containing "0-9" to int's.
That is not true of course, because you can parse strings with base > 10.