Swift 4 decoding doubles from JSON

Question

I though I had this concept nailed!

I am sending a JSON which contains a double.

{\"elementName\":\"Security:Driver\",\"element_Cost\":\"650\"}


        

Answer 1

"650" is a string, not a number.

You can parse it like this

let elementCostString = try values.decode(String.self, forKey: .elementCost)
elementConst = Double(elementCostString) ?? 0

Or change it to be a String on your model, whichever works better for you.