Is it possible to derive currency symbol from currency code?

Question

My iPhone app formats an NSDecimalNumber as a currency using setCurrencyCode, however another screen displays just the currency symbol. Rather than storing both the currency cod

Answer 1

The following code will return only the currencySymbol for a given currencyCode

- (NSString*)getCurrencySymbolFromCurrencyCode:(NSString*)currencyCode {
    NSNumberFormatter *formatter = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];
    [formatter setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
    [formatter setCurrencyCode:currencyCode];
    [formatter setMaximumFractionDigits:0];
    NSString *string = [formatter stringFromNumber:[NSNumber numberWithInt:0]];
    [formatter release];
    return [string substringFromIndex:1];
}