Get integer value from string in swift

Question

So I can do this:

var stringNumb: NSString = \"1357\"

var someNumb: CInt = stringNumb.intValue

But I can\'t find the way to do it w/ a

Answer 1

I wrote an extension for that purpose. It always returns an Int. If the string does not fit into an Int, 0 is returned.

extension String {
    func toTypeSafeInt() -> Int {
        if let safeInt = self.toInt() {
            return safeInt
        } else {
            return 0
        }
    }
}