iPhone: How to get local currency symbol (i.e. "$" instead of "AU$")

Question

Here's a code of how I get currency symbol now:

NSLocale *lcl = [[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"au_AU"] autorelease]; NSNumberFormatter *fmtr = [[[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init] autorelease]; [fmtr setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle]; [fmtr setLocale:lcl];  NSLog( @"%@", [lcl displayNameForKey:NSLocaleCurrencySymbol value:@"AUD"] ); NSLog( @"%@", [fmtr currencySymbol] ); 

Both NSLogs return "AU$". As I understood from Apple development documentation, there are at least two currency symbols for each currency (these symbols could be the same, though) - local (that is used within a country. $ for Australia, for example) and international (AU$ for Australia). So, the question is how to get LOCAL currency symbol. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

NSNumberFormatter *currencyFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init] autorelease]; [currencyFormatter setLocale:[NSLocale currentLocale]]; [currencyFormatter setMaximumFractionDigits:2]; [currencyFormatter setMinimumFractionDigits:2]; [currencyFormatter setAlwaysShowsDecimalSeparator:YES]; [currencyFormatter setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];  NSNumber *someAmount = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:5.00];     NSString *string = [currencyFormatter stringFromNumber:someAmount]; 

You will receive $5.00 for US, ¥5.00 for Japan, 5.00€ for Europe, etc.

Answer 2

This snippet returns the currency symbol ￥ for locale "ja_JP" (could be any other locale).

NSLocale* japanese_japan = [[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"ja_JP"] autorelease];  NSNumberFormatter* fmtr = [[[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];  [fmtr setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];  [fmtr setLocale:japanese_japan];   // Local currency symbol (what you're asking for)  NSString* currencySymbol = [fmtr currencySymbol];  NSLog( @"%@", currencySymbol ); // Prints '￥'   // International currency symbol   NSString* internationalCurrencySymbol = [fmtr internationalCurrencySymbol];  NSLog( @"%@", internationalCurrencySymbol ); // Prints 'JPY' 

It's unfortunate that for au_AU you get AU$ as the local currency symbol instead of just $, but that must be the way it's meant to be displayed on iOS. However note that the international symbol printed for au_AU is not AU$ but AUD.