---
title: floatValue
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: foundation/nsstring/floatvalue
---

# floatValue

The floating-point value of the string as a float.

## Declaration

```swift
var floatValue: Float { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This property doesn’t include whitespace at the beginning of the string. This property is HUGE_VAL or –HUGE_VAL on overflow, 0.0 on underflow. This property is 0.0 if the string doesn’t begin with a valid text representation of a floating-point number. This method uses formatting information stored in the non-localized value; use an Scanner object for localized scanning of numeric values from a string.

## See Also

### Related Documentation

- [scanFloat(_:)](foundation/scanner/scanfloat(_:).md)

### Getting Numeric Values

- [doubleValue](foundation/nsstring/doublevalue.md)
- [intValue](foundation/nsstring/intvalue.md)
- [integerValue](foundation/nsstring/integervalue.md)
- [longLongValue](foundation/nsstring/longlongvalue.md)
- [boolValue](foundation/nsstring/boolvalue.md)