It *almost* works. I'll have to play around with it, but the input
"100000.50" returns "1e+06" (i.e., converts out of float). Its sooo close,
thoughÂ
Mark
> From: Ricky Sharp <email@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:44:19 -0600
> To: Ricky Sharp <email@hidden>
> Cc: Cocoa Development <email@hidden>, mark <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: NSDecimalSeparator localization II
>
>
> On Dec 30, 2004, at 5:32 PM, Ricky Sharp wrote:
>
>> Be careful when using stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet as it will trim
>> from _both_ ends of the receiver.
>>
>> The string 0.0050 will become 005
>
> While I don't have time to do exhaustive testing, doing a "round-trip"
> conversion seems to do what you want:
>
> - (NSString*)stringWithFormattedFloat:(float)aValue
> {
> NSString* theString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%0.4f", aValue];
>
> NSLog (@"intermediate string %@", theString);
>
> return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%g", [theString floatValue]];
> }
>
> - (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification*)aNotification
> {
> NSLog (@"final string %@", [self stringWithFormattedFloat:0]);
> NSLog (@"final string %@", [self stringWithFormattedFloat:0.987654]);
> NSLog (@"final string %@", [self stringWithFormattedFloat:0.5]);
> }
>
>
> Here's the test run output:
>
> 2004-12-30 17:43:30.862 trim[7854] intermediate string 0.0000
> 2004-12-30 17:43:30.863 trim[7854] final string 0
> 2004-12-30 17:43:30.863 trim[7854] intermediate string 0.9877
> 2004-12-30 17:43:30.863 trim[7854] final string 0.9877
> 2004-12-30 17:43:30.863 trim[7854] intermediate string 0.5000
> 2004-12-30 17:43:30.863 trim[7854] final string 0.5
>
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