convert character digit to int java

1public class JavaExample{  
2   public static void main(String args[]){  
3	char ch = '9';
4		
5	/* Since parseInt() method of Integer class accepts
6   	 * String argument only, we must need to convert
7	 * the char to String first using the String.valueOf()
8	 * method and then we pass the String to the parseInt()
9	 * method to convert the char to int
10	 */
11	int num = Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(ch));
12		
13	System.out.println(num);
14   }
15}

1char something = '1';
2int value = Integer.parseInt(something + "");
3System.out.println(value);  // prints 1

1char x = '9';
2int y = x - '0'; // gives the int value 9
3