title: Java: parse int value from a char
body: <p>I just want to know if there's a better solution to parse a number from a character in a string (assuming that we know that the character at index n is a number).</p>
  
  <pre><code>String element = "el5";
  String s;
  s = ""+element.charAt(2);
  int x = Integer.parseInt(s);
  
  //result: x = 5
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>(useless to say that it's just an example)</p>