How to convert a String (numeric) in a Int array in Swift

@rintaro's answer is correct, but I just wanted to add that you can use reduce to weed out any characters that can't be converted to an Int, and even display a warning message if that happens:

let str = "123456789"
let intArray = reduce(str, [Int]()) { (var array: [Int], char: Character) -> [Int] in
    if let i = String(char).toInt() {
        array.append(i)
    } else {
        println("Warning: could not convert character \(char) to an integer")
    }
    return array
}

The advantages are:

• if intArray contains zeros you will know that there was a 0 in str, and not some other character that turned into a zero
• you will get told if there is a non-Int character that is possibly screwing things up.

Swift 3

Int array to String

let arjun = [1,32,45,5]
    print(self.get_numbers(array: arjun))

 func get_numbers(array:[Int]) -> String {
        let stringArray = array.flatMap { String(describing: $0) }
        return stringArray.joined(separator: ",")

String to Int Array

let arjun = "1,32,45,5"
    print(self.get_numbers(stringtext: arjun))

    func get_numbers(stringtext:String) -> [Int] {
    let StringRecordedArr = stringtext.components(separatedBy: ",")
    return StringRecordedArr.map { Int($0)!}   
}

You can use flatMap to convert the characters into a string and coerce the character strings into an integer:

Swift 2 or 3

let string = "123456789"
let digits = string.characters.flatMap{Int(String($0))}
print(digits)   // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]"

Swift 4

let string = "123456789"
let digits = string.flatMap{Int(String($0))}
print(digits)   // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]"

Swift 4.1

let digits = string.compactMap{Int(String($0))}

Swift 5 or later

We can use the new Character Property wholeNumberValue https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swift/character/3127025-wholenumbervalue

let digits = string.compactMap{$0.wholeNumberValue}

let str = "123456789"
let intArray = map(str) { String($0).toInt() ?? 0 }

• map() iterates Characters in str
• String($0) converts Character to String
• .toInt() converts String to Int. If failed(??), use 0.

If you prefer for loop, try:

let str = "123456789"
var intArray: [Int] = []

for chr in str {
    intArray.append(String(chr).toInt() ?? 0)
}

OR, if you want to iterate indices of the String:

let str = "123456789"
var intArray: [Int] = []

for i in indices(str) {
    intArray.append(String(str[i]).toInt() ?? 0)
}