Get just the scaling transformation out of CGAffineTransform

Question

I found a similar question about getting just the rotation, but as I understand scaling and rotating work different in the transform matrix.

Matrixes are not my strength

Answer 1

It's an old (pre-Swift) question so for Swift folk arriving here based on a search for CGAffineTransform here's a Swift 3 convenience extension based on the other answers:

extension CGAffineTransform {
    var xScale: CGFloat { return sqrt(self.a * self.a + self.c * self.c) }
    var yScale: CGFloat { return sqrt(self.b * self.b + self.d * self.d) }
    var rotation: CGFloat { return CGFloat(atan2(Double(self.b), Double(self.a))) }
    // .tx and .ty are already available in the transform 
}

[Edit: Updated rotation to use Doubles in light of the comment. Thx!]