Convert String to CGFloat in Swift

Question

I\'m new to Swift, how can I convert a String to CGFloat?

I tried:

var fl: CGFloat = str as CGFloat
var fl: CGFloat = (CGFloat)str
var fl: CGFloat = CGFl         


        

Answer 1

This is kind of a work around, but you can cast it as an NSString, then get the float value, then initialize a CGFloat from that value. Example:

let str = "1.02345332"
let foo = CGFloat((str as NSString).floatValue)