Question

I have a NSString value of @’78000′. How do I get this in currency format, i.e. $78,000 with it remaining an NSString.

Answer 1

You need to use a number formatter. Note this is also how you would display dates/times etc in the correct format for the users locale

// alloc formatter NSNumberFormatter *currencyStyle = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];  // set options. [currencyStyle setFormatterBehavior:NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4]; [currencyStyle setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];  NSNumber *amount = [NSNumber numberWithInteger:78000];  // get formatted string NSString* formatted = [currencyStyle stringFromNumber:amount]  [currencyStyle release];