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Marty Boroff
Marty Boroff

Reputation: 11

swift convert string to float

I have a table:

let CTCSStable:[String] = [ "67.0 ", "69.3 ", "71.9 "]

I need to convert a selected entry to be a string equal to ten times the numeric value of the entry.

var tempCTCSS:String = self.CTCSStable[ctcssIndex]
let tempCTCSSF:Float = Float(tempCTCSS)!

This throws an exception:

fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1868

Answers (1)

Kyle Redfearn
Kyle Redfearn

Reputation: 2281

The reason you are getting the crash is because Float(tempCTCSS)! is trying to convert tempCTCSS into a Float, but it fails, and then you force unwrap that value and it is nil, so it crashes.

  1. The reason why it fails to convert that string to a Float is because there is white space. Try removing the spaces.

  2. I would never force unwrap (i.e. !) unless you know that that value is there. The best practice would be to wrap that value in an if let statement. That conditionally unwraps the value and prevents the crash

Upvotes: 4

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