(int)convertToInt:(NSString*)strtemp {

int strlength = 0; char p = (char)[strtemp cStringUsingEncoding:NSUnicodeStringEncoding]; for (int i=0 ; i<[strtemp lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding:NSUnicodeStringEncoding] ;i++) { if (*p) { p++; strlength++; } else { p++; } } return strlength; }