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?

Answer 2

As CRD has already explained, you're trying to convert that string to a type that's too small to hold the value, and you're getting back the maximum possible value for that type.

Your real problem is deeper, however. A phone "number" isn't really a number. It doesn't represent a quantity. You would never perform arithmetic on one. It's actually a string of digits, and you should handle it that way. Don't convert it; just operate on the string.

See also What's the right way to represent phone numbers?