在Swift 4中:

extension String {            
    var numberValue:NSNumber? {
        let formatter = NumberFormatter()
        formatter.numberStyle = .decimal
        return formatter.number(from: self)
    }
}
let someFloat = "12".numberValue

在Swift 4中:

extension String {            
    var numberValue:NSNumber? {
        let formatter = NumberFormatter()
        formatter.numberStyle = .decimal
        return formatter.number(from: self)
    }
}
let someFloat = "12".numberValue

有用的字符串到Int和其他类型

extension String {
        //Converts String to Int
        public func toInt() -> Int? {
            if let num = NumberFormatter().number(from: self) {
                return num.intValue
            } else {
                return nil
            }
        }

        //Converts String to Double
        public func toDouble() -> Double? {
            if let num = NumberFormatter().number(from: self) {
                return num.doubleValue
            } else {
                return nil
            }
        }

        /// EZSE: Converts String to Float
        public func toFloat() -> Float? {
            if let num = NumberFormatter().number(from: self) {
                return num.floatValue
            } else {
                return nil
            }
        }

        //Converts String to Bool
        public func toBool() -> Bool? {
            return (self as NSString).boolValue
        }
    }

像这样使用它:

"123".toInt() // 123

对于Swift3.x

extension String {
    func toInt(defaultValue: Int) -> Int {
        if let n = Int(self.trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet.whitespacesAndNewlines)) {
            return n
        } else {
            return defaultValue
        }
    }
}

Swift中的Int包含一个接受String的初始化式。它返回一个可选的Int?因为如果字符串不包含数字，转换可能会失败。

通过使用if let语句，可以验证转换是否成功。

所以你的代码会变成这样:

@IBOutlet var txtBox1 : UITextField
@IBOutlet var txtBox2 : UITextField
@IBOutlet var txtBox3 : UITextField
@IBOutlet var lblAnswer : UILabel

@IBAction func btn1(sender : AnyObject) {

    let answer1 = "The acceleration is"
    var answer2 = txtBox1
    var answer3 = txtBox2
    var answer4 = txtBox3

    if let intAnswer = Int(txtBox1.text) {
      // Correctly converted
    }
}

斯威夫特4.0

let stringNumber = "123"
let number = Int(stringNumber) //here number is of type "Int?"


//using Forced Unwrapping

if number != nil {         
 //string is converted to Int
}

你也可以使用可选绑定而不是强制绑定。

eg:

  if let number = Int(stringNumber) { 
   // number is of type Int 
  }