How to properly format currency on ios

Question

I\'m looking for a way to format a string into currency without using the TextField hack.

For example, i\'d like to have the number \"521242\" converted into \"5,212

Answer 1

For Swift tested code (ref from AAV's code)

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

    let strMain : NSString = string

    let arrTemp : NSArray = (textField.text?.componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet(NSCharacterSet.decimalDigitCharacterSet().invertedSet))!
    let str: NSString = arrTemp.componentsJoinedByString("")

    //NSInteger centAmount = cleanCentString.integerValue;
    var centAmount : NSInteger = str.integerValue

    if (string.length > 0)
    {
        // Digit added
        centAmount = centAmount * 10 + strMain.integerValue;
    }
    else {
        // Digit deleted
        centAmount = centAmount / 10;
    }

    let amount = (Double(centAmount) / 100.0)

    let currencyFormatter = NSNumberFormatter()
    currencyFormatter.numberStyle = .CurrencyStyle
    currencyFormatter.currencyCode = "USD"
    currencyFormatter.negativeFormat = "-¤#,##0.00"
    let convertedPrice = currencyFormatter.stringFromNumber(amount)

    print(convertedPrice)

    txtAmount.text = convertedPrice! //set text to your textfiled
    return false //return false for exact out put
}

note : if you want to remove the default currency symbol from input you can use currencySymbol to blank as below

currencyFormatter.currencyCode = nil
currencyFormatter.currencySymbol = ""

Happy coding!