Static methods returning Strings:
String.valueOf(int)String.valueOf(double)etc.
e.g.
might not be "3.14159" due to digits from converstion
To convert Strings to primitive number types (int, float, double, ...)
Integer.parseInt(String, int radix)
returns numeric value in given radix.
See converter.java for example,
which also illustrates
StreamTokenizerExceptions