NSNumberFormatter to format US Telephone Numbers

Question

I\'m trying to convert a string of numbers, entered by the user, into a sexy string like Phone.app on the iPhone. Here is the code I\'m using, which doesn\'t work (no specia

Answer 1

The UIPhoneFormats.plist contains predefined phone formats for each locale. So, if you're only interested in US phone numbers, you'll need to consider these formats:

+1 (###) ###-####
1 (###) ###-####
011 $
###-####
(###) ###-####

I had to do something similar, and I shared the results I got here: http://the-lost-beauty.blogspot.com/2010/01/locale-sensitive-phone-number.html