Java tutorial
import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) { try { String s1 = "-99,20"; System.out.println(getNumber(s1)); s1 = "1,4"; System.out.println(getNumber(s1)); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } public static int getNumber(String s1) throws Exception { Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("([\\-0-9]*)[,]*.*"); Matcher m = pattern.matcher(s1); if (m.find()) { return Integer.parseInt(m.group(1)); } throw new Exception("Not valid input"); } }