Swift: Problems printing out UILabel.text

Question

So I have this routine that sets different text uilabel.text values

self.addressLabel.text = firstObject["ADDRESS"] as? String
self.phoneLabel.text = firstObject["PhoneNums"] as? String
self.latitude.text = firstObject["LAT"] as? String
self.longitude.text = firstObject["LON"] as? String

but when I try to print out

println("\(latitude.text!)")

It outputs:

Label

How can I make it so that the println statement prints the string "38.1848392". Thanks!

Answer 1

You can't cast a Double to String as it will always fail.

self.latitude.text = 38.1848392 as? String            // this will always fail
self.latitude.text = String(format:"%f", 38.1848392)  // instead, you have to do it this way

Answer 2

You can set the string to a variable, and then print that.

So:

var latitudeString : String = self.latitude.text
println(latitudeString)

Edit:

Seems like casting the latitude as a String is not properly happening. What you could do is the following:

var lat : Float = firstObject["LAT"] as! Float
var latString = String(lat)
self.latitude.text = latString
println(latString)