Swft UInt->Int 或者 Int->UInt

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I have the following methods var photos = [MWPhoto] = [MWPhoto]() func numberOfPhotosInPhotoBrowser(photoBrowser: MWPhotoBrowser!) -> UInt { return self.photos.count } func photoBrowser(photoBrowser: MWPhotoBrowser!, photoAtIndex index: UInt) -> MWPhotoProtocol! { return self.photos[index] } However for the first I get Int is not convertible to UInt (since self.photos.count is an Int and for the second UInt is not convertible to Int - since the self.photos[ can only take an Int for its index. How can I correctly convert the UInt to Int and back? ios  swift share | improve this question asked  Sep 28 at 15:25 Akshat 29.3k 6 66 122

If these are your own methods, you should just be using Int instead of UInt. Even though the values are never going to be negative, the recommendation from the Swift documentation is essentially to always use Int unless you have a specific reason to do otherwise (interoperability with C functions, for example). –  Nate Cook  Sep 28 at 16:44 These are from MWPhotoBrowser (ObjectiveC). I've used Bridging Headers to let me use it but its a bit quirky this way. I've no choice but to use the UInt or fork out the MWPhotoBrowser and edit it (bit harder to maintain)–   Akshat  Sep 28 at 16:52 add a comment

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In the first one, the return type is UInt, but you return Int since count returns Int. So, you need to typecast Int to UInt func numberOfPhotosInPhotoBrowser(photoBrowser: MWPhotoBrowser!) -> UInt { return UInt(self.photos.count) } For the second one, the array subscript expects Int value where you are passing UInt, so typecast UInt to Int, func photoBrowser(photoBrowser: MWPhotoBrowser!, photoAtIndex index: UInt) -> MWPhotoProtocol! { return self.photos[Int(index)] } share | improve this answer answered  Sep 28 at 15:42 k6sandeep 3,348 1 17 46

Awesome!, I kept trying to use as and :UInt and stuff –   Akshat  Sep 28 at 15:46 This is probably OK in this case, but you have to be careful because converting an Int to UInt in this way will crash if the Int is negative. It is safer to use UInt(bitPattern: myint). And vice versa, converting a UInt to an Int will crash if the UInt is too big for the int. It is safer to use Int(bitPattern: myuint). –   vacawama  Sep 28 at 15:50 That is not a type cast, you are creating a new Int/UInt. In this example it makes no real difference though. –  Viktor Lexington  Sep 28 at 16:30 add a comment

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// initializing Int var someInt:Int = 8 ; someInt // Converting Int to UInt var someIntToUInt : UInt = UInt(someInt); someIntToUInt // initializing UInt var someUInt:UInt = 10 ; someUInt // Converting UInt to Int var someUIntToInt : Int = Int(someUInt); someUIntToInt`

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I have the following methods var photos = [MWPhoto] = [MWPhoto]() func numberOfPhotosInPhotoBrowser(photoBrowser: MWPhotoBrowser!) -> UInt { return self.photos.count } func photoBrowser(photoBrowser: MWPhotoBrowser!, photoAtIndex index: UInt) -> MWPhotoProtocol! { return self.photos[index] } However for the first I get Int is not convertible to UInt (since self.photos.count is an Int and for the second UInt is not convertible to Int - since the self.photos[ can only take an Int for its index. How can I correctly convert the UInt to Int and back? ios  swift share | improve this question asked  Sep 28 at 15:25 Akshat 29.3k 6 66 122

If these are your own methods, you should just be using Int instead of UInt. Even though the values are never going to be negative, the recommendation from the Swift documentation is essentially to always use Int unless you have a specific reason to do otherwise (interoperability with C functions, for example). –  Nate Cook  Sep 28 at 16:44 These are from MWPhotoBrowser (ObjectiveC). I've used Bridging Headers to let me use it but its a bit quirky this way. I've no choice but to use the UInt or fork out the MWPhotoBrowser and edit it (bit harder to maintain)–   Akshat  Sep 28 at 16:52 add a comment

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In the first one, the return type is UInt, but you return Int since count returns Int. So, you need to typecast Int to UInt func numberOfPhotosInPhotoBrowser(photoBrowser: MWPhotoBrowser!) -> UInt { return UInt(self.photos.count) } For the second one, the array subscript expects Int value where you are passing UInt, so typecast UInt to Int, func photoBrowser(photoBrowser: MWPhotoBrowser!, photoAtIndex index: UInt) -> MWPhotoProtocol! { return self.photos[Int(index)] } share | improve this answer answered  Sep 28 at 15:42 k6sandeep 3,348 1 17 46

Awesome!, I kept trying to use as and :UInt and stuff –   Akshat  Sep 28 at 15:46 This is probably OK in this case, but you have to be careful because converting an Int to UInt in this way will crash if the Int is negative. It is safer to use UInt(bitPattern: myint). And vice versa, converting a UInt to an Int will crash if the UInt is too big for the int. It is safer to use Int(bitPattern: myuint). –   vacawama  Sep 28 at 15:50 That is not a type cast, you are creating a new Int/UInt. In this example it makes no real difference though. –  Viktor Lexington  Sep 28 at 16:30 add a comment

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// initializing Int var someInt:Int = 8 ; someInt // Converting Int to UInt var someIntToUInt : UInt = UInt(someInt); someIntToUInt // initializing UInt var someUInt:UInt = 10 ; someUInt // Converting UInt to Int var someUIntToInt : Int = Int(someUInt); someUIntToInt`