iPhone -> NSNumberFormatter - price without the currency code

Question

I have an iPhone app and I want to display a price. So I use these lines of code:

NSNumberFormatter *price = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];
[price setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
[price setCurrencyCode:@"USD"];

What I want is only the price, formatted for the currencyCode but in my case without USD. So instead of 30,00 $, I want to have only 30,00 without $.

How can I do this?

Best Regards, Tim.

Answer 1

What you're looking to get rid of is the Currency Symbol.

[price setCurrencySymbol:@""];

Answer 2

You can use the setCurrencySymbol to an empty string which should do the trick:

[price setCurrencySymbol:@""];

Please keep in mind that this only sets the local currency code and it might not work with foreign currencies.

Answer 3

Here's a way to do it while keeping the correct locale formatting for the symbol:

_fmt.positiveFormat = [_fmt.positiveFormat 
    stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"¤" withString:@""];
_fmt.negativeFormat = [_fmt.negativeFormat 
    stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"¤" withString:@""];

The ¤ character is used in the currency formats for the currency symbol. If you replace the currency symbol as suggested in some of the other answers, the formatter does a US standard format for the number (AFAIK - tested in iOS 4 and 5 in the USA). You'll need to do this replacement after setting the locale for the formatter. Try with the currency code HUF which does not have pennies.