'CGFloat is not convertible to 'int'

Question

I've been wracking my mind the last several hours in trying to fix this single error in Xcode 6.2 using swift.

spriteName = "tiki-top-0\(rand)"
    var toptiki = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: spriteName)

    //This line gives me the error
    toptiki.position = CGPointMake(0, bottomtiki.position.y + heightBetweenObstacles) 

    tikiSet.addChild(toptiki)
    toptiki.physicsBody = SKPhysicsBody(rectangleOfSize: toptiki.size)
    toptiki.physicsBody?.dynamic = false
    toptiki.physicsBody?.categoryBitMask = category_tiki
    toptiki.physicsBody?.contactTestBitMask = category_car

I've been searching everywhere and for some reason I really just think there's a syntax error somewhere. I've had the same issue with the physicsBody?.contactTestBitMask since the update to Xcode 6 and it's betas where as before the '?' was not necessary. But now for some reason it has to be chained.

I'm not using a CGFloat here, why is it telling me I shouldn't be using an int?

Any help is greatly appreciated, I really can't fry my brain any further, lol

Note that `CGPointMake` takes two `CGFloats` as arguments, not `Int`s. — , Apr 02 '15 at 09:51
It's a constant defined earlier in the code as 'let heightBetweenObstacles = 907' — Jeremy, Apr 02 '15 at 09:53
`bottomtiki.position.y` will likely be a `CGFloat`, to which an `Int` is (attempted to be) added. — , Apr 02 '15 at 09:58
I'm sorry, but I'm new to coding. How would that look like written out, if you don't mind please? I've set this up earlier in the code 'bottomtiki.position = CGPointMake(0, CGFloat(yPos))' — Jeremy, Apr 02 '15 at 10:00
`CGPointMake(0.0, bottomtiki.position.y + CGFloat(heightBetweenObstacles))` — , Apr 02 '15 at 10:02
Related (and possibly duplicate): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24645798/does-swift-support-implicit-conversion . — , Apr 02 '15 at 10:06
Thank you Evert! I didn't even think to add that in. I appreciate the help :) — Jeremy, Apr 02 '15 at 10:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 02 '15 at 11:35

I'm assuming heightBetweenObstacles is defined earlier along these lines:

let heightBetweenObstacles = 42

Swift will infer the constant's type, and in this case, it will infer Int. When you try to add it to a CGFloat (bottomtiki.position.y + heightBetweenObstacles), it complains. Just explicitly specify the type instead:

let heightBetweenObstacles: CGFloat = 42

Now you'll have no trouble adding the constant to other CGFloats.

'CGFloat is not convertible to 'int'

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