So I'm having a hard time with my situation and need some advice. I'm trying to convert my two Strings that I have into integers, so that I can use them in math equations. Here is what I tried, however it brings me an error in the app. ' equals.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View arg0) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub num1 = edit.getText().toString(); num2 = edit.getText().toString(); int first = Integer.parseInt(num1); int second = Integer.parseInt(num2); edit.setText(first + second); } }); Is there something that I am doing wrong? Thank you for any help. EDIT: Yes this is Java. num1 and num2 are strings that I have previously named. What do you mean by trim?