Swift extract an Int, Float or Double value from a String (type-conversion)

Question

Please could you help me here? I need to understand how to convert a String into an Int, Float or Double! This problem occurs when I'm trying to get the value from an UITextField and need this type of conversion!

I used to do it like this:

var myValue : Float = myTextField.text.bridgeToObjectiveC().floatValue

but since Xcode 6 beta 6 it doesn't seem to work anymore!

I've tried also like this:

var str = "3.14"

// Conversion from StringValue to an Int
var intValue : Int = str.toInt()!

// Other converstion from StringValue to an Int
var intOtherValue : Int = Int(str)

// Converstion from StringValue to a Float
var floatValue : Float = str.bridgeToObjectiveC().floatValue

// Converstion from StringValue to a Double
var doubleValue : Double = Double(str)

Please help me or tell me where I can find the answer! Many thanks!

Answer 1

Convert String to NSString and Use convenience methods:

var str = "3.1"

To Int

var intValue : Int = NSString(string: str).integerValue // 3

To Float

var floatValue : Float = NSString(string: str).floatValue // 3.09999990463257

To Double

var doubleValue : Double = NSString(string: str).doubleValue // 3.1

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Reference

var doubleValue: Double { get }
var floatValue: Float { get }
var intValue: Int32 { get }
@availability(OSX, introduced=10.5)
var integerValue: Int { get }
@availability(OSX, introduced=10.5)
var longLongValue: Int64 { get }
@availability(OSX, introduced=10.5)

Answer 2

Use:

Int(string:String)
Double(string:String)
Float(string:String)

Which return an optional which is nil if it fails to parse the string. For example:

var num = 0.0
if let unwrappedNum = Double("5.0") {
    num = unwrappedNum
} else {
    print("Error converting to Double")
}

Of course you can force unwrap if you are sure:

var foo = Double("5.0")!

Extending String

If you are doing this in more than a few places, and want error handling to be handled the same everywhere then you may want to extend String with conversion methods:

For example:

extension String {
    func toDouble() -> Double {
        if let unwrappedNum = Double(self) {
            return unwrappedNum
        } else {
            // Handle a bad number
            print("Error converting \"" + self + "\" to Double")
            return 0.0
        }
    }
}

and then to use it:

let str = "4.9"
var num = str.toDouble()