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After many hours I found a solution using the following:

Float f = new Float("0.00");
f = Float.valueOf(string);
int p = f.intValue();

Thanks for your comments, I hadn't thought of using the integer class
as you indicated.

Julio.

On Tue, 28 Apr 1998 17:44:29 -0700, Clint Brewer
<supportinfo@borland.com> wrote:

>>   String test = fieldOne.getText();
>>   int itest = Integer.parseInt(test);
>>   String stest = Integer.toString(itest);
>>   fieldTwo.setText(stest);
>
>Hello Julio,
>
>  Yeah, I got mixed up on this in the past when i was trying to do a lot
>of conversions as well.  I found that the easiest way to do the
>conversion from string to a float or int was to use the Integer class
>or the Float class.
>
>  The constructor for these classes takes a string as an argument if you
>want, and then converts it into a int or float.  
>
>  For instance you could do something like..
>
>   Integer Field1_int=new Integer(fieldOne.getText());
>   
>   then, the Integer class has plenty of utility functions to play with
>that integer.
>
>   As far as the currency, 55.55 is a float and shouldn't be used with
>an int.  
>
>   If you pass "55.55" to the Integer constructor, I believe it should
>throw a NumberFormatException.  You could then catch that and tell the 
>user to enter an int and not a float, or something along those lines.
>
>hope this helps,
>Clint Brewer