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

A more general solution could be a extension

extension String {
    var toFloat:Float {
        return Float(self.bridgeToObjectiveC().floatValue)
    }
    var toDouble:Double {
        ....
    }
    ....
}

this for example extends the swift native String object by toFloat