how to get String with two decimal places in iphone app

Question

I have app in which i have method which inserts comma in NSString in thousands values i also want to include decimall like if i enter now 1000 then it shows 1,000 using this method but i want 1,000.00 like this here is my method any idea how to fix this issue.

- (NSString *)formatStringF:(NSString *)string {
// Strip out the commas that may already be here:
NSString *newString = [string stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"," withString:@""];
if ([newString length] == 0) {
    return nil;
}

// Check for illegal characters
NSCharacterSet *disallowedCharacters = [[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"0123456789."] invertedSet];
NSRange charRange = [newString rangeOfCharacterFromSet:disallowedCharacters];
if ( charRange.location != NSNotFound) {
    return nil;
}

// Split the string into the integer and decimal portions
NSArray *numberArray = [newString componentsSeparatedByString:@"."];
if ([numberArray count] > 2) {
    // There is more than one decimal point
    return nil;
}

// Get the integer
NSString *integer           = [numberArray objectAtIndex:0];
NSUInteger integerDigits    = [integer length];
if (integerDigits == 0) {
    return nil;
}


// Format the integer.
// You can do this by first converting to a number and then back to a string,
// but I would rather keep it as a string instead of doing the double conversion.
// If performance is critical, I would convert this to a C string to do the formatting.
NSMutableString *formattedString = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
if (integerDigits < 4) {
    [formattedString appendString:integer];
} else {
    // integer is 4 or more digits
    NSUInteger startingDigits = integerDigits % 3;
    if (startingDigits == 0) {
        startingDigits = 3;
    }
    [formattedString setString:[integer substringToIndex:startingDigits]];
    for (NSUInteger index = startingDigits; index < integerDigits; index = index + 3) {
        [formattedString appendFormat:@",%@", [integer substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(index, 3)]];
    }
}

// Add the decimal portion if there
if ([numberArray count] == 2) {
    [formattedString appendString:@"."];
    NSString *decimal = [numberArray objectAtIndex:1];
    if ([decimal length] > 0) {
        [formattedString appendString:decimal];
    }
}






return formattedString;
 }

Answer 1

Why reinvent the wheel? Just use an NSNumberFormatter.

double someNumber = 1000.0;

NSNumberFormatter *formatter = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];
// Use decimal style - this includes grouping
[formatter setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterDecimalStyle];
// Force two decimal places
[formatter setMinimumFractionDigits:2];
[formatter setMsximumFractionDigits:2];

NSString *formattedNumber = [formatter stringFromNumber:@(someNumber)];

This also has the advantage that it will format the number properly based on the user's locale.

It will appears as 1,000.00 or 1.000,00 or 1 000,00 or some other proper format for the user.