The string is not converted to int (Swift)

Question

This is the code that I have (my actual code is more complicated, but I simplified it and I still get this error):

let x = "1" as Int 

Xcode says:

 'String' is not convertible to 'Int' 

Am I missing something or is this a beta bug?

Answer 1

You cannot just draw with as . There is a method that explicitly expresses Int .

 let x = "1".toInt() 

Note that the result is of type Int? , because Swift cannot know in advance if the conversion is successful.

 println(x!) 

Or:

 let x = "1".toInt()! 

Answer 2

Hope this helps you how it should be

 let x = "1".toInt()