Is there a proper way to convert a Double to a Float in Swift? [closed]

Question

I'm trying to convert a double being retrieved from an iPhone sensor into a float. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any resources on built in functionality to do so.

If I initialize a Float or a cast to a Float from a double like so:

let roll  = (Float)(attitude!.roll)
let pitch  = (Float)(attitude!.pitch)

Or

let roll = Float(attitude!.roll)
let pitch = Float(attitude!.pitch)

the original Double values still don't get converted properly. For instance, 9.436222 and 27.895268 become 0.486864 and 0.164693 respectively. Is there a proper way to cast to a Float from a Double that preserves the larger decimal value?

Answer 1

guard let unwrappedAttitude = attitude else { 
    fatalError("attitude was nil!")
}

let roll = Float(unwrappedAttitude.roll)
let pitch = Float(unwrappedAttitude.pitch)

should be the way to go.