iOS convert large numbers to smaller format

Question

How can I convert all numbers that are more than 3 digits down to a 4 digit or less number?

This is exactly what I mean:

10345 = 10.3k
10012 = 10k
123546 = 123.5k
4384324 = 4.3m

Rounding is not entirely important, but an added plus.

I have looked into NSNumberFormatter but have not found the proper solution, and I have yet to find a proper solution here on SO. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

Answer 1

-(NSString*) suffixNumber:(NSNumber*)number
{
    if (!number)
        return @"";

    long long num = [number longLongValue];

    int s = ( (num < 0) ? -1 : (num > 0) ? 1 : 0 );
    NSString* sign = (s == -1 ? @"-" : @"" );

    num = llabs(num);

    if (num < 1000)
        return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%lld",sign,num];

    int exp = (int) (log10l(num) / 3.f); //log10l(1000));

    NSArray* units = @[@"K",@"M",@"G",@"T",@"P",@"E"];

    return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%.1f%@",sign, (num / pow(1000, exp)), [units objectAtIndex:(exp-1)]];
}

sample usage

NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@100]); // 100
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@1000]); // 1.0K
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@1500]); // 1.5K
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@24000]); // 24.0K
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@99900]); // 99.9K
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@99999]); // 100.0K
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@109999]); // 110.0K
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@5109999]); // 5.1M
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@8465445223]); // 8.5G
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:[NSNumber numberWithInt:-120]]); // -120
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:[NSNumber numberWithLong:-5000000]]); // -5.0M
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:[NSNumber numberWithDouble:-3.5f]]); // -3
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:[NSNumber numberWithDouble:-4000.63f]]); // -4.0K

[Update]

Swift version below:

func suffixNumber(number:NSNumber) -> NSString {

    var num:Double = number.doubleValue;
    let sign = ((num < 0) ? "-" : "" );

    num = fabs(num);

    if (num < 1000.0){
        return "\(sign)\(num)";
    }

    let exp:Int = Int(log10(num) / 3.0 ); //log10(1000));

    let units:[String] = ["K","M","G","T","P","E"];

    let roundedNum:Double = round(10 * num / pow(1000.0,Double(exp))) / 10;

    return "\(sign)\(roundedNum)\(units[exp-1])";
}

sample usage

print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(long: 100))); // 100.0
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(long: 1000))); // 1.0K
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(long: 1500))); // 1.5K
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(long: 24000))); // 24.0K
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(longLong: 99900))); // 99.9K
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(longLong: 99999))); // 100.0K
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(longLong: 109999))); // 110.0K
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(longLong: 5109999))); // 5.1K
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(longLong: 8465445223))); // 8.5G
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(long: -120))); // -120.0
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(longLong: -5000000))); // -5.0M
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(float: -3.5))); // -3.5
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(float: -4000.63))); // -4.0K

Hope it helps

Answer 2

Here my version ! Thanks to previous answers. The goals of this version is :

• Have better threshold control because small number details are more important that very big number details
• Use as much as possible NSNumberFormatter to avoid location problems (like comma instead of dot in french)
• Avoid ".0" and well rounding numbers, which can be customize using NSNumberFormatterRoundingMode

You can use all wonderful NSNumberFormatter options to fulfill your needs, see NSNumberFormatter Class Reference

The code (gist):

extension Int {

    func formatUsingAbbrevation () -> String {
        let numFormatter = NSNumberFormatter()

        typealias Abbrevation = (threshold:Double, divisor:Double, suffix:String)
        let abbreviations:[Abbrevation] = [(0, 1, ""),
                                           (1000.0, 1000.0, "K"),
                                           (100_000.0, 1_000_000.0, "M"),
                                           (100_000_000.0, 1_000_000_000.0, "B")]
                                           // you can add more !

        let startValue = Double (abs(self))
        let abbreviation:Abbrevation = {
            var prevAbbreviation = abbreviations[0]
            for tmpAbbreviation in abbreviations {
                if (startValue < tmpAbbreviation.threshold) {
                    break
                }
                prevAbbreviation = tmpAbbreviation
            }
            return prevAbbreviation
        } ()

        let value = Double(self) / abbreviation.divisor
        numFormatter.positiveSuffix = abbreviation.suffix
        numFormatter.negativeSuffix = abbreviation.suffix
        numFormatter.allowsFloats = true
        numFormatter.minimumIntegerDigits = 1
        numFormatter.minimumFractionDigits = 0
        numFormatter.maximumFractionDigits = 1

        return numFormatter.stringFromNumber(NSNumber (double:value))!
    }

}


let testValue:[Int] = [598, -999, 1000, -1284, 9940, 9980, 39900, 99880, 399880, 999898, 999999, 1456384, 12383474]

testValue.forEach() {
    print ("Value : \($0) -> \($0.formatUsingAbbrevation ())")
}

Result :

Value : 598 -> 598
Value : -999 -> -999
Value : 1000 -> 1K
Value : -1284 -> -1.3K
Value : 9940 -> 9.9K
Value : 9980 -> 10K
Value : 39900 -> 39.9K
Value : 99880 -> 99.9K
Value : 399880 -> 0.4M
Value : 999898 -> 1M
Value : 999999 -> 1M
Value : 1456384 -> 1.5M
Value : 12383474 -> 12.4M