Format currency in textfield in Swift on input

Question

I am trying to format currency input in a textfield in Swift as the user inputs it.

So far, I can only format it successfully when the user finishes inputting:

Answer 1

this works for me using NSNumberFormatter...

func textField(textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersInRange range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool {

    // Construct the text that will be in the field if this change is accepted
    var oldText = textField.text as NSString
    var newText = oldText.stringByReplacingCharactersInRange(range, withString: string) as NSString!
    var newTextString = String(newText)

    let digits = NSCharacterSet.decimalDigitCharacterSet()
    var digitText = ""
    for c in newTextString.unicodeScalars {
        if digits.longCharacterIsMember(c.value) {
            digitText.append(c)
        }
    }

    let formatter = NSNumberFormatter()
    formatter.numberStyle = NSNumberFormatterStyle.CurrencyStyle
    formatter.locale = NSLocale(localeIdentifier: "en_US")
    var numberFromField = (NSString(string: digitText).doubleValue)/100
    newText = formatter.stringFromNumber(numberFromField)

    textField.text = newText

    return false
}