I want to convert a String
to an int
, and all I could find is that you have to convert the String to a char array and then cast this array to an int
, but my code produces strange values and I can't figure out what the problem is.
void ledDimm(String command)
{
// Get the Value xx from string LEDDimm=xx
String substring = command.substring(8, command.length());
Serial.println("SubString:");
Serial.println(substring);
Serial.println("SubString Length:");
Serial.println(substring.length());
// Create a Char Array to Store the Substring for conversion
char valueArray[substring.length() + 1];
Serial.println("sizeof ValueArray");
Serial.println(sizeof(valueArray));
// Copy the substring into the array
substring.toCharArray(valueArray, sizeof(valueArray));
Serial.println("valueArray:");
Serial.println(valueArray);
// Convert char array to an int value
int value = int(valueArray);
Serial.println("Integer Value:");
Serial.println(value);
// Write the Value to the LEDPin
analogWrite(LEDPin, value);
}
And the serial output looks like this:
Received packet of size 11
From 192.168.1.4, port 58615
Contents:
LEDDimm=100
SubString:
100
SubString Length:
3
sizeof ValueArray
4
valueArray:
100
Integer Value:
2225
I expected to get an int with the value of 100 but the actual int is 2225?! What have I done wrong here?
Best Answer
There is even an (undocumented)
toInt()
method in the String class: