NSString intValue not working for retrieving phone number

Question

I have a phone number formatted as an easy to read phone number, i.e., (123) 123-4567

However, when I want to use that phone number in code, I need to p

Answer 1

2147483647 is INT_MAX which is returned on overflow. How large is your phone number, will it fit into an int? Maybe you should use longLongValue?