Realtime formatting with NSNumberFormatter in a UITextfield

Question

I have UITextfield where a user can put in a dollar amount, I would like the textfield always to be formatted with two decimals ($ .##). The formatting has to be maintained

Answer 1

Here's the idea...

Store the string value, append to it, then use that for the operation.

Define an NSMutableString in the .h file

NSMutableString *storedValue;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableString *storedValue;

Synthesize it.

Then do this...

- (BOOL) textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string
{
   if ([textField tag] == amountTag)
    {
    [storedValue appendString:string];
    NSString *newAmount = [self formatCurrencyValue:([storedValue doubleValue]/100)];

    [textField setText:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",newAmount]];
    return NO;
    }

    //Returning yes allows the entered chars to be processed
    return YES;
}