If using Xcode to make an iOS calculator, how would I add a decimal button?

Question

How to add a decimal button so I don't have to do whole numbers? If i wanted any decimal number like 1.2 or 100.4 or 3.0 or anything like that, how would I add it to the calculator I'm making?

Answer 1

You're not giving me much information in your question. How do the other buttons work?

If I was making a calculator I would have a label at the top showing the current reading. On press of a number button I would update the label with the number at the end.

For a decimal button you just add a . to the end of the label. You might want to have a global variable BOOL hasDecimalPlace and set it to true so you know if there is already a decimal place. Just remember to set it to false again when you clear the view or do a calculation or similar.

Answer 2

- (IBAction)Decimal:(id)sender{
    NSString *currentText = Text.text;
    if ([currentText rangeOfString:@"." options:NSBackwardsSearch].length == 0) {
        Text.text = [Text.text stringByAppendingString:@"."];  
    }
}