Converting CGFloat to String in Swift

Question

This is my current way of converting a CGFloat to String in Swift:

let x:Float = Float(CGFloat)
let y:Int = Int(x)
let z:String = String(y)

Is there a more efficient way of doing this?

Answer 1

The fast way:

let x = CGFloat(12.345)
let s = String(format: "%.3f", Double(x))

The better way, because it takes care on locales:

let x = CGFloat(12.345)

let numberFormatter = NSNumberFormatter()
numberFormatter.numberStyle = .DecimalStyle
numberFormatter.minimumFractionDigits = 3
numberFormatter.maximumFractionDigits = 3

let s = numberFormatter.stringFromNumber(x)

Answer 2

You can use string interpolation:

let x: CGFloat = 0.1
let string = "\(x)" // "0.1"

Or technically, you can use the printable nature of CGFloat directly:

let string = x.description

The description property comes from it implementing the Printable protocol which is what makes string interpolation possible.