# Convert a string to an integer?

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/convert-a-string-to-an-integer/4784>\
**Category:** Questions\
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**Created:** [April 25, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/convert-a-string-to-an-integer/4784 "2017-04-25T21:35:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/convert-a-string-to-an-integer/4784/2 "2017-04-25T21:41:40Z")

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Hi there!

To convert a string to an integer you can use `String.to_integer/1` e.g.

```elixir
int = String.to_integer("1")

```

When it comes to user input you might also want to remove whitespace first which you can do with `String.trim/1`.

Hope that helps!

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