How can I prevent java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "N/A"?

Make an exception handler like this,

private int ConvertIntoNumeric(String xVal)
{
 try
  { 
     return Integer.parseInt(xVal);
  }
 catch(Exception ex) 
  {
     return 0; 
  }
}

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int xTest = ConvertIntoNumeric("N/A");  //Will return 0

Integer.parseInt(str) throws NumberFormatException if the string does not contain a parsable integer. You can hadle the same as below.

int a;
String str = "N/A";

try {   
   a = Integer.parseInt(str);
} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
  // Handle the condition when str is not a number.
}

"N/A" is not an integer. It must throw NumberFormatException if you try to parse it to an integer.

Check before parsing or handle Exception properly.

1. Exception Handling

   try{
       int i = Integer.parseInt(input);
   } catch(NumberFormatException ex){ // handle your exception
       ...
   }
   

or - Integer pattern matching -

String input=...;
String pattern ="-?\\d+";
if(input.matches("-?\\d+")){ // any positive or negetive integer or not!
 ...
}