swiftcllocationdistance

Convert a String to CLLocationDistance


I cannot find any examples of how to convert a String to CLLocationDistance. For example:

let distance : String = "2000.0"
let mdf = MKDistanceFormatter()
mdf.units = .Metric
var clDistance = mdf.distanceFromString(distance)

I always get clDistance = -1.


Solution

  • You need to clarify what the 2000 are. Meters, Kilometers etc. Like that:

    let distance : String = "2000.0m"
    let mdf = MKDistanceFormatter()
    mdf.units = .Metric
    var clDistance = mdf.distanceFromString(distance)
    

    The distanceFromString returns the distance as meters.