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diff --git a/ExSwift/Character.swift b/ExSwift/Character.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3f0c11
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+//
+//  Character.swift
+//  ExSwift
+//
+//  Created by Cenny Davidsson on 2014-12-08.
+//  Copyright (c) 2014 pNre. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+
+public extension Character {
+    
+    /**
+        If the character represents an integer that fits into an Int, returns
+        the corresponding integer.
+    */
+    public func toInt () -> Int? {
+        return String(self).toInt()
+    }
+    
+}
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diff --git a/ExSwiftTests/ExSwiftCharacterTests.swift b/ExSwiftTests/ExSwiftCharacterTests.swift
new file mode 100644
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+//
+//  ExSwiftCharacterTests.swift
+//  ExSwift
+//
+//  Created by Cenny Davidsson on 2014-12-09.
+//  Copyright (c) 2014 pNre. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+import XCTest
+
+
+class ExSwiftCharacterTests: XCTestCase {
+
+    func testToInt () {
+
+        if let int = Character("7").toInt() {
+            XCTAssertEqual(int, 7)
+        } else {
+            XCTFail("Character(\"7\").toInt()")
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
+}
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