convert float to NSTimeInterval

Question

I'm wondering, in objective-c, how can I convert a float type primative number to NSTimeInterval?

The float type value represents the number of seconds in my case

see this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1259028/convert-nsnumber-double-value-into-time — Anbu.Karthik, Aug 10 '16 at 07:47
Just cast to a `double`. What's the problem? e.g. `NSTimeInterval interval = (NSTimeInterval)myFloatyTime;`. You don't even need the cast. — Avi, Aug 10 '16 at 07:49
You shouldn't be using float at all unless you have a very good reason, but you should be using double. float has very low precision. Use double to start with. — gnasher729, Aug 10 '16 at 08:06
in ObjC: `typedef double NSTimeInterval;` or in Swift: `public typealias NSTimeInterval = Double`... so... how to convert a `float` to `double`...? — holex, Aug 10 '16 at 09:03

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 10 '16 at 07:51

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NSTimeInterval is just typedef to a double, so there is nothing to do in case of a float. No trouble at all... :)

        float t = 5;
        NSTimeInterval ti = t;

Cheers.

answered Aug 10 '16 at 07:51

Florian Burel

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