title: Java thinks I want to convert char to String using Integer.parseInt()
body: <p>I get the error message <code>error: incompatible types: char cannot be converted to String 
  return Integer.parseInt(cases2[0]);</code></p>
  
  <p>but my code is: </p>
  
  <pre><code>public static int standingOvation(String cases){
  
      char[] cases2 = cases.toCharArray();
      return Integer.parseInt(cases2[0]);
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why am I getting the error if i'm clearly trying to convert <code>cases</code> (which is passed in as <code>"11111"</code>) to an integer?</p>