How to use NSDecimalNumber?

Question

I\'m building a app that needs to perform calculations on money.

I wonder how to properly use NSDecimalNumber, especially how to initialize it from integers, floats

Answer 1

The correct way is actually to do this:

NSDecimalNumber *floatDecimal = [[[NSDecimalNumber alloc] initWithFloat:42.13f] autorelease];
NSDecimalNumber *doubleDecimal = [[[NSDecimalNumber alloc] initWithDouble:53.1234] autorelease];
NSDecimalNumber *intDecimal = [[[NSDecimalNumber alloc] initWithInt:53] autorelease];

NSLog(@"floatDecimal floatValue=%6.3f", [floatDecimal floatValue]);
NSLog(@"doubleDecimal doubleValue=%6.3f", [doubleDecimal doubleValue]); 
NSLog(@"intDecimal intValue=%d", [intDecimal intValue]);

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