Displaying price in cents

Question

I'm trying to display a price in cents (99¢) instead of dollars ($0.99) using NSNumberFormatter and a locale.

This code turns a price of 99 cents into the string: $0.99. Is there a way to get NSNumberFormatter to try to use smaller/cent denominations, when possible, instead?

    NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];
    [numberFormatter setFormatterBehavior:NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4];
    [numberFormatter setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
    [numberFormatter setLocale:product.priceLocale];
    NSString *formattedPriceString = [numberFormatter stringFromNumber:product.price];

I am confused about what you want to do, you have already converted the amount from `$` to `¢` — Alaeddine, Jul 15 '15 at 23:40
@Aladin I'm trying to localize the IAP pricing info I receive from Apple, so I can't assume I know the currency I'm receiving. — Warpling, Jul 16 '15 at 00:13
@Steve I can't make assumptions about how the localized currency works :/ — Warpling, Jul 16 '15 at 00:13

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 05 '16 at 21:12

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I'm pretty sure there is no easy and general-purpose way to do this. I think you just have to handle it on a case-by-case basis. If you want to localize your app for an international audience, but expect many of your customers to be from the US, you can do something like what I did:

if priceString == "$0.99" && NSLocale.currentLocale().objectForKey(NSLocaleCountryCode) as? String == "US" {
    priceString = "99¢"
}

answered Jan 05 '16 at 21:12

bugloaf

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I think you're right and this is a helpful solution :) – Warpling Jan 05 '16 at 22:00

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