Swift How to get integer from string and convert it into integer

let str = "Hello 1, World 62"
let intString = str.componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet(
    NSCharacterSet
        .decimalDigitCharacterSet()
        .invertedSet)
    .joinWithSeparator("")

That will get you a string with all the number then you can just do this:

let int = Int(intString)

Just make sure you unwrap it since let int = Int(intString) is an optional.

First, we split the string so we can process the single items. Then we use NSCharacterSet to select the numbers only.

import Foundation

let str = "I have to buy 3 apples, 7 bananas, 10eggs"
let strArr = str.split(separator: " ")

for item in strArr {
    let part = item.components(separatedBy: CharacterSet.decimalDigits.inverted).joined()

    if let intVal = Int(part) {
        print("this is a number -> \(intVal)")
    }
}

Swift 4:

let string = "I have to buy 3 apples, 7 bananas, 10eggs"
let stringArray = string.components(separatedBy: CharacterSet.decimalDigits.inverted)
for item in stringArray {
    if let number = Int(item) {
        print("number: \(number)")
    }
}

Using the "regex helper function" from Swift extract regex matches:

func matchesForRegexInText(regex: String!, text: String!) -> [String] {

    let regex = NSRegularExpression(pattern: regex,
        options: nil, error: nil)!
    let nsString = text as NSString
    let results = regex.matchesInString(text,
        options: nil, range: NSMakeRange(0, nsString.length))
        as! [NSTextCheckingResult]
    return map(results) { nsString.substringWithRange($0.range)}
}

you can achieve that easily with

let str = "I have to buy 3 apples, 7 bananas, 10eggs"
let numbersAsStrings = matchesForRegexInText("\\d+", str) // [String]
let numbersAsInts = numbersAsStrings.map { $0.toInt()! }  // [Int]

println(numbersAsInts) // [3, 7, 10]

The pattern "\d+" matches one or more decimal digit.

---

Of course the same can be done without the use of a helper function if you prefer that for whatever reason:

let str = "I have to buy 3 apples, 7 bananas, 10eggs"
let regex = NSRegularExpression(pattern: "\\d+", options: nil, error: nil)!
let nsString = str as NSString
let results = regex.matchesInString(str, options: nil, range: NSMakeRange(0, nsString.length))
    as! [NSTextCheckingResult]
let numbers = map(results) { nsString.substringWithRange($0.range).toInt()! }
println(numbers) // [3, 7, 10]

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Alternative solution without regular expressions:

let str = "I have to buy 3 apples, 7 bananas, 10eggs"

let digits = "0123456789"
let numbers = split(str, allowEmptySlices: false) { !contains(digits, $0) }
    .map { $0.toInt()! }
println(numbers) // [3, 7, 10]

Swift 3/4

let string = "0kaksd020dk2kfj2123"
if let number = Int(string.components(separatedBy: CharacterSet.decimalDigits.inverted).joined()) {
    // Do something with this number
}

You can also make an extension like:

extension Int {
    static func parse(from string: String) -> Int? {
        return Int(string.components(separatedBy: CharacterSet.decimalDigits.inverted).joined())
    }
}

And then later use it like:

if let number = Int.parse(from: "0kaksd020dk2kfj2123") { 
    // Do something with this number
}