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

I modified the function from earlier today. Works great for "en_US" and "fr_FR". However, for "ja_JP", the division by 100 I do to create decimals is a problem. You will need to have a switch or if/else statement that separates currencies with decimals and those that do not have them when formatted by the formatter. But I think this gets you in the space you wanted to be.

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController, UITextFieldDelegate {

    @IBOutlet weak var textField: UITextField!
    var currentString = ""

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        self.textField.delegate = self
    }

    //Textfield delegates
    func textField(textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersInRange range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool { // return NO to not change text

        switch string {
        case "0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9":
            currentString += string
            println(currentString)
            formatCurrency(string: currentString)
        default:
            var array = Array(string)
            var currentStringArray = Array(currentString)
            if array.count == 0 && currentStringArray.count != 0 {
                currentStringArray.removeLast()
                currentString = ""
                for character in currentStringArray {
                    currentString += String(character)
                }
                formatCurrency(string: currentString)
            }
        }
        return false
    }

    func formatCurrency(#string: String) {
        println("format \(string)")
        let formatter = NSNumberFormatter()
        formatter.numberStyle = NSNumberFormatterStyle.CurrencyStyle
        formatter.locale = NSLocale(localeIdentifier: "en_US")
        var numberFromField = (NSString(string: currentString).doubleValue)/100
        textField.text = formatter.stringFromNumber(numberFromField)
        println(textField.text )
    }
}