How do you dynamically format a number to have commas in a UITextField entry?

Question

I want to have commas dynamically added to my numeric UITextField entry while the user is typing.

For example: 123,456 and 12,345,678

Answer 1

Here is a solution in swift 4.

 @objc func textFieldValDidChange(_ textField: UITextField) {
    let formatter = NumberFormatter()
    formatter.numberStyle = NumberFormatter.Style.decimal
    if textField.text!.count >= 1 {
       let number = Double(bottomView.balanceTxtField.text!.replacingOccurrences(of: ",", with: ""))
        let result = formatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: number!))
        textField.text = result!
    }
}

Don't forget to add editingChanged action as below:

textField.addTarget(self, action:#selector(ViewController.textFieldValDidChange), for: .editingChanged)