convert array of string into Double in swift - arrays

Question

I'm trying to convert a string into a double in swift. I managed to extract the string from a website (www.x-rates.com) into an array but I cannot convert it after in a double in order to make some work around this number. Can anyone tell me what I'm supposed to do or what I did wrong? I know that my label don't update now but I will do it later, the first thing that I'm trying to do is the conversion.
thx a lot!
Here is the code:
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
#IBOutlet weak var resultLabel: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var moneyTextField: UITextField!
#IBAction func convert(_ sender: Any) {
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
let url = URL(string: "https://www.x-rates.com/calculator/?from=EUR&to=USD&amount=1")!
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url : url)
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest) {
data, response, error in
var message = ""
if let error = error {
print(error)
} else {
if let unwrappedData = data {
let dataString = NSString(data: unwrappedData, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8.rawValue)
var stringSeperator = "<span class=\"ccOutputRslt\">"
if let contentArray = dataString?.components(separatedBy: stringSeperator){
if contentArray.count > 0 {
stringSeperator = "<span"
let newContentArray = contentArray[1].components(separatedBy: stringSeperator)
if newContentArray.count > 0 {
message = newContentArray[0]
var message = Float(newContentArray[0])! + 10
}
}
}
}
}
DispatchQueue.main.sync(execute: {
self.resultLabel.text = "the value of the dollar is " + message
}
)}
task.resume()
func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
}

Answer 1

I will talk about convert an Array of String to Array of Double.
In swift Array has a method called map, this is responsable to map the value from array, example, in map function you will receive an object referent to your array, this will convert this object to your new array ex.
let arrOfStrings = ["0.3", "0.4", "0.6"];
let arrOfDoubles = arrOfStrings.map { (value) -> Double in
return Double(value)!
}
The result will be
UPDATE:
#LeoDabus comments an important tip, this example is considering an perfect datasource, but if you have a dynamic source you can put ? on return and it will work, but this will return an array with nil
like that
let arrOfStrings = ["0.3", "0.4", "0.6", "a"];
let arrOfDoubles = arrOfStrings.map { (value) -> Double? in
return Double(value)
}
Look this, the return array has a nil element
If you use the tips from #LeoDabus you will protect this case, but you need understand what do you need in your problem to choose the better option between map or compactMap
example with compactMap
let arrOfStrings = ["0.3", "0.4", "0.6", "a"];
let arrOfDoubles = arrOfStrings.compactMap { (value) -> Double? in
return Double(value)
}
look the result
UPDATE:
After talk with the author (#davidandersson) of issue, this solution with map ou contactMap isn't his problem, I did a modification in his code and work nice.
first I replaced var message = "" per var rateValue:Double = 0.0 and replacedFloattoDouble`
look the final code
let url = URL(string: "https://www.x-rates.com/calculator/?from=EUR&to=USD&amount=1")!
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url : url)
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest) {
data, response, error in
var rateValue:Double = 0.0;
if let error = error {
print(error)
} else {
if let unwrappedData = data {
let dataString = NSString(data: unwrappedData, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8.rawValue)
var stringSeperator = "<span class=\"ccOutputRslt\">"
if let contentArray = dataString?.components(separatedBy: stringSeperator){
if contentArray.count > 0 {
stringSeperator = "<span"
let newContentArray = contentArray[1].components(separatedBy: stringSeperator)
if newContentArray.count > 0 {
rateValue = Double(newContentArray[0])! + 10
}
}
}
}
}
//
print("Rate is \(rateValue)"); //Rate is 11.167
}
task.resume()
Hope to help you

Answer 2

The reason your code doesn’t work in my opinion is that you have two variables with the same name that are defined in different scopes and you use the wrong one at the end.
At the beginning you define
var message = ""
And then when converting to a number further down
var message = Float(newContentArray[0])! + 10
So change the last line to something like
var number = Float(newContentArray[0])! + 10
And use number in your calculations. Although I think
var number = Double(message)
should work equally fine since you have assigned newContentArray[0] to message already and Double is more commonly used than Float (I don’t understand + 10)