NSNumberFormatter and localized format problem
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Hi guys !
I'm currently fighting with a text field that is supposed to display
an amount of money. Since the formatters included in Interface
Builder are unusable (completely buggy), I'm trying to create the
formatter in code and set my text field to use this formatter.
I've first initialized my formatter :
NSNumberFormatter * aFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init]
autorelease];
The problem is that...
[aFormatter setNumberStyle: NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle]
...doesn't seem to work. II thought it was supposed to
automatically format a number to match the International preferences
set by the user...but it format my numbers as american type numbers
(1,500.00 instead of 1 500,00 in France).
So, I've set my formatter this way :
[ aFormatter setFormat:@"#,###.00;0.00;#,##0.00"];
[ aFormatter setLocalizesFormat:YES];
And it doesn't work either. If I enter a number greater than 999 in
my text field, I have an error message in the console saying that the
value of the text field should not be nil !
So I tried to remove the setLocalizesFormat call and changed the
format to this (to match the french Format) :
[ aFormatter setFormat:@"# ###,00;0,00;# ##0,00"];
And this time, the positive numbers are formatted without decimal and
with te american thousand separator : 1,500 instead of 1 500,00 !
Am I doing something wrong ? How am I suppposed to display correctly
formatted amount in my text field ?
Thanks for your help,
Eric. -
On Apr 26, 2006, at 7:42 AM, Eric Morand wrote:> Am I doing something wrong ? How am I suppposed to display
> correctly formatted amount in my text field ?
-setNumberStyle: only works if you're using an NSNumberFormatter that
uses the Tiger behavior. Did you try setting the behavior of the
formatter first?
Nick Zitzmann
<http://www.chronosnet.com/> -
Le 26 avr. 06 à 17:05, Nick Zitzmann a écrit :>
> On Apr 26, 2006, at 7:42 AM, Eric Morand wrote:
>
>> Am I doing something wrong ? How am I suppposed to display
>> correctly formatted amount in my text field ?
>
> -setNumberStyle: only works if you're using an NSNumberFormatter
> that uses the Tiger behavior. Did you try setting the behavior of
> the formatter first?
Yes, I've just added it doesn't format anything. If I type 1500 in
the field, it remains 1500 instead of 1 500,00 â¬. I just don't get it.>
> Nick Zitzmann
> <http://www.chronosnet.com/>
>
>
>
> -
NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter alloc]
init] autorelease];
[numberFormatter setFormatterBehavior: NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4];
[numberFormatter setNumberStyle: NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
should work.
also, a got-cha in NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle is that when the
control is set to display with currency style, it has to have the
input data WITH the currency symbol as well.
meaning (in US currency) when a user inputs "24.00" it is considered
inappropriate.
he/she has to input "$24.00".
i encountered this problem with my table column, if anyone finds
anyway around this or my information incorrect, please do let me know.
Tony S. Wu
<tonyswu...>
On Apr 26, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Eric Morand wrote:>
> Le 26 avr. 06 à 17:05, Nick Zitzmann a écrit :
>
>>
>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 7:42 AM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>
>>> Am I doing something wrong ? How am I suppposed to display
>>> correctly formatted amount in my text field ?
>>
>> -setNumberStyle: only works if you're using an NSNumberFormatter
>> that uses the Tiger behavior. Did you try setting the behavior of
>> the formatter first?
>
>
> Yes, I've just added it doesn't format anything. If I type 1500 in
> the field, it remains 1500 instead of 1 500,00 â¬. I just don't get it.
>
>
>>
>> Nick Zitzmann
>> <http://www.chronosnet.com/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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I've typed exactly the lines you gave to me on my awakeFromNib :
- (void)awakeFromNib
{
NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter alloc]
init] autorelease];
[numberFormatter setFormatterBehavior: NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4];
[numberFormatter setNumberStyle: NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
[testTF setFormatter:numberFormatter];
}
(testF being the text field)
Now, each time I type a number (I tried typing "1") in the field (and
the fiel lose the first responder status), I have a sheet that is
displayed with a format error message (in french is says "Erreur de
formatage" that should translate in "Formatting error").
Eric.
Le 27 avr. 06 à 07:34, Tony S. Wu a écrit :> NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter alloc]
> init] autorelease];
>
> [numberFormatter setFormatterBehavior: NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4];
> [numberFormatter setNumberStyle: NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
>
> should work.
> also, a got-cha in NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle is that when the
> control is set to display with currency style, it has to have the
> input data WITH the currency symbol as well.
> meaning (in US currency) when a user inputs "24.00" it is
> considered inappropriate.
> he/she has to input "$24.00".
> i encountered this problem with my table column, if anyone finds
> anyway around this or my information incorrect, please do let me know.
>
> Tony S. Wu
> <tonyswu...>
>
>
>
> On Apr 26, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Eric Morand wrote:
>
>>
>> Le 26 avr. 06 à 17:05, Nick Zitzmann a écrit :
>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 7:42 AM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>>
>>>> Am I doing something wrong ? How am I suppposed to display
>>>> correctly formatted amount in my text field ?
>>>
>>> -setNumberStyle: only works if you're using an NSNumberFormatter
>>> that uses the Tiger behavior. Did you try setting the behavior of
>>> the formatter first?
>>
>>
>> Yes, I've just added it doesn't format anything. If I type 1500 in
>> the field, it remains 1500 instead of 1 500,00 â¬. I just don't get
>> it.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Nick Zitzmann
>>> <http://www.chronosnet.com/>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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exactly.
you have to type in $1 instead of 1 (pointed out by mmalcolm).
this is a problem i encountered before.
i don't know why it's so restricted and couldn't figure out how to
solve it, and ended up abandoning NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle.
if anyone could offer a work around, i'd very much appreciate it.
Tony S. Wu
<tonyswu...>
On Apr 27, 2006, at 12:36 AM, Eric Morand wrote:> I've typed exactly the lines you gave to me on my awakeFromNib :
>
> - (void)awakeFromNib
> {
> NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter alloc]
> init] autorelease];
>
> [numberFormatter setFormatterBehavior:
> NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4];
> [numberFormatter setNumberStyle: NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
>
> [testTF setFormatter:numberFormatter];
> }
>
> (testF being the text field)
>
> Now, each time I type a number (I tried typing "1") in the field
> (and the fiel lose the first responder status), I have a sheet that
> is displayed with a format error message (in french is says "Erreur
> de formatage" that should translate in "Formatting error").
>
>
>
>
> Eric.
>
>
> Le 27 avr. 06 à 07:34, Tony S. Wu a écrit :
>
>> NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter alloc]
>> init] autorelease];
>>
>> [numberFormatter setFormatterBehavior:
>> NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4];
>> [numberFormatter setNumberStyle: NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
>>
>> should work.
>> also, a got-cha in NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle is that when the
>> control is set to display with currency style, it has to have the
>> input data WITH the currency symbol as well.
>> meaning (in US currency) when a user inputs "24.00" it is
>> considered inappropriate.
>> he/she has to input "$24.00".
>> i encountered this problem with my table column, if anyone finds
>> anyway around this or my information incorrect, please do let me
>> know.
>>
>> Tony S. Wu
>> <tonyswu...>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Le 26 avr. 06 à 17:05, Nick Zitzmann a écrit :
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 7:42 AM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Am I doing something wrong ? How am I suppposed to display
>>>>> correctly formatted amount in my text field ?
>>>>
>>>> -setNumberStyle: only works if you're using an NSNumberFormatter
>>>> that uses the Tiger behavior. Did you try setting the behavior
>>>> of the formatter first?
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, I've just added it doesn't format anything. If I type 1500
>>> in the field, it remains 1500 instead of 1 500,00 â¬. I just don't
>>> get it.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nick Zitzmann
>>>> <http://www.chronosnet.com/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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Hi All.
This is a basic flaw in the design of formatters in general.
Formatters should have separate, multiple, input formats and a single
output format. Or maybe multiple, localization dependent, output
formats. It is not too difficult to write your own formatter. There
are only a couple of methods to implement. I once wrote a date
formatter using flex that could recognize many different date
formats. If you want to use the parsing infrastructure of
NSNumberFormatter, you could just write a wrapper formatter that
contains multiple NSNumberFormatters, one for each input format you
want, and one for the output format.
-Kenny
On Apr 27, 2006, at 7:25 AM, Tony S. Wu wrote:> exactly.
> you have to type in $1 instead of 1 (pointed out by mmalcolm).
> this is a problem i encountered before.
> i don't know why it's so restricted and couldn't figure out how to
> solve it, and ended up abandoning NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle.
> if anyone could offer a work around, i'd very much appreciate it.
>
> Tony S. Wu
> <tonyswu...>
>
>
>
> On Apr 27, 2006, at 12:36 AM, Eric Morand wrote:
>> I've typed exactly the lines you gave to me on my awakeFromNib :
>>
>> - (void)awakeFromNib
>> {
>> NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter alloc]
>> init] autorelease];
>>
>> [numberFormatter setFormatterBehavior:
>> NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4];
>> [numberFormatter setNumberStyle: NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
>>
>> [testTF setFormatter:numberFormatter];
>> }
>>
>> (testF being the text field)
>>
>> Now, each time I type a number (I tried typing "1") in the field
>> (and the fiel lose the first responder status), I have a sheet
>> that is displayed with a format error message (in french is says
>> "Erreur de formatage" that should translate in "Formatting error").
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Eric.
>>
>>
>> Le 27 avr. 06 à 07:34, Tony S. Wu a écrit :
>>
>>> NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter alloc]
>>> init] autorelease];
>>>
>>> [numberFormatter setFormatterBehavior:
>>> NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4];
>>> [numberFormatter setNumberStyle: NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
>>>
>>> should work.
>>> also, a got-cha in NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle is that when
>>> the control is set to display with currency style, it has to have
>>> the input data WITH the currency symbol as well.
>>> meaning (in US currency) when a user inputs "24.00" it is
>>> considered inappropriate.
>>> he/she has to input "$24.00".
>>> i encountered this problem with my table column, if anyone finds
>>> anyway around this or my information incorrect, please do let me
>>> know.
>>>
>>> Tony S. Wu
>>> <tonyswu...>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Le 26 avr. 06 à 17:05, Nick Zitzmann a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 7:42 AM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Am I doing something wrong ? How am I suppposed to display
>>>>>> correctly formatted amount in my text field ?
>>>>>
>>>>> -setNumberStyle: only works if you're using an
>>>>> NSNumberFormatter that uses the Tiger behavior. Did you try
>>>>> setting the behavior of the formatter first?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I've just added it doesn't format anything. If I type 1500
>>>> in the field, it remains 1500 instead of 1 500,00 â¬. I just
>>>> don't get it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick Zitzmann
>>>>> <http://www.chronosnet.com/>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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I understand what you mean.
What I don't understand is what is the official (i.e. Apple) method
to format a number with the localized format of the user ? I can't
guess what are the number format of every country in the world, right ?
Le 27 avr. 06 à 17:15, Kenny Leung a écrit :> Hi All.
>
> This is a basic flaw in the design of formatters in general.
> Formatters should have separate, multiple, input formats and a
> single output format. Or maybe multiple, localization dependent,
> output formats. It is not too difficult to write your own
> formatter. There are only a couple of methods to implement. I once
> wrote a date formatter using flex that could recognize many
> different date formats. If you want to use the parsing
> infrastructure of NSNumberFormatter, you could just write a wrapper
> formatter that contains multiple NSNumberFormatters, one for each
> input format you want, and one for the output format.
>
> -Kenny
>
>
> On Apr 27, 2006, at 7:25 AM, Tony S. Wu wrote:
>
>> exactly.
>> you have to type in $1 instead of 1 (pointed out by mmalcolm).
>> this is a problem i encountered before.
>> i don't know why it's so restricted and couldn't figure out how to
>> solve it, and ended up abandoning NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle.
>> if anyone could offer a work around, i'd very much appreciate it.
>>
>> Tony S. Wu
>> <tonyswu...>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 27, 2006, at 12:36 AM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>> I've typed exactly the lines you gave to me on my awakeFromNib :
>>>
>>> - (void)awakeFromNib
>>> {
>>> NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter alloc]
>>> init] autorelease];
>>>
>>> [numberFormatter setFormatterBehavior:
>>> NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4];
>>> [numberFormatter setNumberStyle: NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
>>>
>>> [testTF setFormatter:numberFormatter];
>>> }
>>>
>>> (testF being the text field)
>>>
>>> Now, each time I type a number (I tried typing "1") in the field
>>> (and the fiel lose the first responder status), I have a sheet
>>> that is displayed with a format error message (in french is says
>>> "Erreur de formatage" that should translate in "Formatting error").
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Eric.
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 27 avr. 06 à 07:34, Tony S. Wu a écrit :
>>>
>>>> NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter alloc]
>>>> init] autorelease];
>>>>
>>>> [numberFormatter setFormatterBehavior:
>>>> NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4];
>>>> [numberFormatter setNumberStyle: NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
>>>>
>>>> should work.
>>>> also, a got-cha in NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle is that when
>>>> the control is set to display with currency style, it has to
>>>> have the input data WITH the currency symbol as well.
>>>> meaning (in US currency) when a user inputs "24.00" it is
>>>> considered inappropriate.
>>>> he/she has to input "$24.00".
>>>> i encountered this problem with my table column, if anyone finds
>>>> anyway around this or my information incorrect, please do let me
>>>> know.
>>>>
>>>> Tony S. Wu
>>>> <tonyswu...>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Le 26 avr. 06 à 17:05, Nick Zitzmann a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 7:42 AM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am I doing something wrong ? How am I suppposed to display
>>>>>>> correctly formatted amount in my text field ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -setNumberStyle: only works if you're using an
>>>>>> NSNumberFormatter that uses the Tiger behavior. Did you try
>>>>>> setting the behavior of the formatter first?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I've just added it doesn't format anything. If I type 1500
>>>>> in the field, it remains 1500 instead of 1 500,00 â¬. I just
>>>>> don't get it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nick Zitzmann
>>>>>> <http://www.chronosnet.com/>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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How about setLocalizesFormat:?
"Sets whether the dollar sign character ($), decimal separator
character (.), and thousand separator character (,) are converted to
appropriately localized characters as specified by the userâs
localization preference."
-Kenny
On Apr 27, 2006, at 11:49 AM, Eric Morand wrote:>
> I understand what you mean.
>
> What I don't understand is what is the official (i.e. Apple) method
> to format a number with the localized format of the user ? I can't
> guess what are the number format of every country in the world,
> right ?
>
>
>
> Le 27 avr. 06 à 17:15, Kenny Leung a écrit :
>
>> Hi All.
>>
>> This is a basic flaw in the design of formatters in general.
>> Formatters should have separate, multiple, input formats and a
>> single output format. Or maybe multiple, localization dependent,
>> output formats. It is not too difficult to write your own
>> formatter. There are only a couple of methods to implement. I once
>> wrote a date formatter using flex that could recognize many
>> different date formats. If you want to use the parsing
>> infrastructure of NSNumberFormatter, you could just write a
>> wrapper formatter that contains multiple NSNumberFormatters, one
>> for each input format you want, and one for the output format.
>>
>> -Kenny
>>
>>
>> On Apr 27, 2006, at 7:25 AM, Tony S. Wu wrote:
>>
>>> exactly.
>>> you have to type in $1 instead of 1 (pointed out by mmalcolm).
>>> this is a problem i encountered before.
>>> i don't know why it's so restricted and couldn't figure out how
>>> to solve it, and ended up abandoning NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle.
>>> if anyone could offer a work around, i'd very much appreciate it.
>>>
>>> Tony S. Wu
>>> <tonyswu...>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 27, 2006, at 12:36 AM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>>> I've typed exactly the lines you gave to me on my awakeFromNib :
>>>>
>>>> - (void)awakeFromNib
>>>> {
>>>> NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter
>>>> alloc] init] autorelease];
>>>>
>>>> [numberFormatter setFormatterBehavior:
>>>> NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4];
>>>> [numberFormatter setNumberStyle: NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
>>>>
>>>> [testTF setFormatter:numberFormatter];
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> (testF being the text field)
>>>>
>>>> Now, each time I type a number (I tried typing "1") in the field
>>>> (and the fiel lose the first responder status), I have a sheet
>>>> that is displayed with a format error message (in french is says
>>>> "Erreur de formatage" that should translate in "Formatting error").
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Eric.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Le 27 avr. 06 à 07:34, Tony S. Wu a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter
>>>>> alloc] init] autorelease];
>>>>>
>>>>> [numberFormatter setFormatterBehavior:
>>>>> NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4];
>>>>> [numberFormatter setNumberStyle: NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
>>>>>
>>>>> should work.
>>>>> also, a got-cha in NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle is that when
>>>>> the control is set to display with currency style, it has to
>>>>> have the input data WITH the currency symbol as well.
>>>>> meaning (in US currency) when a user inputs "24.00" it is
>>>>> considered inappropriate.
>>>>> he/she has to input "$24.00".
>>>>> i encountered this problem with my table column, if anyone
>>>>> finds anyway around this or my information incorrect, please do
>>>>> let me know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tony S. Wu
>>>>> <tonyswu...>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Le 26 avr. 06 à 17:05, Nick Zitzmann a écrit :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 7:42 AM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Am I doing something wrong ? How am I suppposed to display
>>>>>>>> correctly formatted amount in my text field ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -setNumberStyle: only works if you're using an
>>>>>>> NSNumberFormatter that uses the Tiger behavior. Did you try
>>>>>>> setting the behavior of the formatter first?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, I've just added it doesn't format anything. If I type
>>>>>> 1500 in the field, it remains 1500 instead of 1 500,00 â¬. I
>>>>>> just don't get it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nick Zitzmann
>>>>>>> <http://www.chronosnet.com/>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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It doesn't work.
As I've said earlier, here is what I tried :
[ aFormatter setFormat:@"#,###.00 $;0.00 $;#,##0.00 $"];
[ aFormatter setLocalizesFormat:YES];
If I type 150 in my test field, the formatter correctly format to
150,00 â¬.
But if I type a number greater than 999, the formatter returns nil.
Le 27 avr. 06 à 21:10, Kenny Leung a écrit :> How about setLocalizesFormat:?
>
> "Sets whether the dollar sign character ($), decimal separator
> character (.), and thousand separator character (,) are converted
> to appropriately localized characters as specified by the userâs
> localization preference."
>
> -Kenny
>
>
> On Apr 27, 2006, at 11:49 AM, Eric Morand wrote:
>
>>
>> I understand what you mean.
>>
>> What I don't understand is what is the official (i.e. Apple)
>> method to format a number with the localized format of the user ?
>> I can't guess what are the number format of every country in the
>> world, right ?
>>
>>
>>
>> Le 27 avr. 06 à 17:15, Kenny Leung a écrit :
>>
>>> Hi All.
>>>
>>> This is a basic flaw in the design of formatters in general.
>>> Formatters should have separate, multiple, input formats and a
>>> single output format. Or maybe multiple, localization dependent,
>>> output formats. It is not too difficult to write your own
>>> formatter. There are only a couple of methods to implement. I
>>> once wrote a date formatter using flex that could recognize many
>>> different date formats. If you want to use the parsing
>>> infrastructure of NSNumberFormatter, you could just write a
>>> wrapper formatter that contains multiple NSNumberFormatters, one
>>> for each input format you want, and one for the output format.
>>>
>>> -Kenny
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 27, 2006, at 7:25 AM, Tony S. Wu wrote:
>>>
>>>> exactly.
>>>> you have to type in $1 instead of 1 (pointed out by mmalcolm).
>>>> this is a problem i encountered before.
>>>> i don't know why it's so restricted and couldn't figure out how
>>>> to solve it, and ended up abandoning
>>>> NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle.
>>>> if anyone could offer a work around, i'd very much appreciate it.
>>>>
>>>> Tony S. Wu
>>>> <tonyswu...>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 27, 2006, at 12:36 AM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>>>> I've typed exactly the lines you gave to me on my awakeFromNib :
>>>>>
>>>>> - (void)awakeFromNib
>>>>> {
>>>>> NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter
>>>>> alloc] init] autorelease];
>>>>>
>>>>> [numberFormatter setFormatterBehavior:
>>>>> NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4];
>>>>> [numberFormatter setNumberStyle: NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
>>>>>
>>>>> [testTF setFormatter:numberFormatter];
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> (testF being the text field)
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, each time I type a number (I tried typing "1") in the
>>>>> field (and the fiel lose the first responder status), I have a
>>>>> sheet that is displayed with a format error message (in french
>>>>> is says "Erreur de formatage" that should translate in
>>>>> "Formatting error").
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Eric.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Le 27 avr. 06 à 07:34, Tony S. Wu a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>>> NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter
>>>>>> alloc] init] autorelease];
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [numberFormatter setFormatterBehavior:
>>>>>> NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4];
>>>>>> [numberFormatter setNumberStyle: NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
>>>>>>
>>>>>> should work.
>>>>>> also, a got-cha in NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle is that when
>>>>>> the control is set to display with currency style, it has to
>>>>>> have the input data WITH the currency symbol as well.
>>>>>> meaning (in US currency) when a user inputs "24.00" it is
>>>>>> considered inappropriate.
>>>>>> he/she has to input "$24.00".
>>>>>> i encountered this problem with my table column, if anyone
>>>>>> finds anyway around this or my information incorrect, please
>>>>>> do let me know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tony S. Wu
>>>>>> <tonyswu...>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Le 26 avr. 06 à 17:05, Nick Zitzmann a écrit :
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 7:42 AM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Am I doing something wrong ? How am I suppposed to display
>>>>>>>>> correctly formatted amount in my text field ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -setNumberStyle: only works if you're using an
>>>>>>>> NSNumberFormatter that uses the Tiger behavior. Did you try
>>>>>>>> setting the behavior of the formatter first?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, I've just added it doesn't format anything. If I type
>>>>>>> 1500 in the field, it remains 1500 instead of 1 500,00 â¬. I
>>>>>>> just don't get it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Nick Zitzmann
>>>>>>>> <http://www.chronosnet.com/>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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Don't use setFormat: and setLocalizesFormat: with a 10_4 behavior
NSNumberFormatter. Those are old methods for compatibility with old-
style behavior formatters. They may do something similar to what
happened with an old-behavior formatter, on a new-behavior formatter,
but it's better to use the new methods (like setLocale:) with a new-
behavior formatter for more accurate results.
With 10_0 behavior formatters, there is an ancient bug where it won't
parse input with the formatter's own thousands separator in it.
That's not a problem when you're typing a number greater than 999,
because you probably aren't including the thousand separator. But
nowdays, for whatever reason, AppKit parsers and formats the user's
input several times through the formatter, and one of these stages
passes the formatter's output back into the formatter, and the
formatter can't parse it's own output (depends a bit on how it's set
up).
Somebody else was hitting this recently. I suggested a workaround
might be (but didn't try it) to subclass NSNumberFormatter, override
the getObjectValue:... method, strip out the thousand separator from
the string parameter, then call super getObjectValue:... with the
result.
I agree with Tony Wu, too, that the currency symbol shouldn't be
required in user input (and should be assumed to be the locale's
default currency). There's no lenient number parsing setting in the
ICU API, so I don't know if there's a way for NSNumberFormatter to
turn that requirement off for a currency-style formatter. I also
agree with Kenny Leung that formatters should have multiple input
formats, and there's an enhancement request or two about that, but
enhancing formatters in that way has never been high enough priority
for anybody to get to it.
Chris Kane
Cocoa Frameworks, Apple
On Apr 27, 2006, at 2:16 PM, Eric Morand wrote:> It doesn't work.
>
> As I've said earlier, here is what I tried :
>
> [ aFormatter setFormat:@"#,###.00 $;0.00 $;#,##0.00 $"];
> [ aFormatter setLocalizesFormat:YES];
>
> If I type 150 in my test field, the formatter correctly format to
> 150,00 â¬.
>
> But if I type a number greater than 999, the formatter returns nil.
>
>
>
>
>
> Le 27 avr. 06 à 21:10, Kenny Leung a écrit :
>
>> How about setLocalizesFormat:?
>>
>> "Sets whether the dollar sign character ($), decimal separator
>> character (.), and thousand separator character (,) are converted
>> to appropriately localized characters as specified by the userâs
>> localization preference."
>>
>> -Kenny
>>
>>
>> On Apr 27, 2006, at 11:49 AM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I understand what you mean.
>>>
>>> What I don't understand is what is the official (i.e. Apple)
>>> method to format a number with the localized format of the user ?
>>> I can't guess what are the number format of every country in the
>>> world, right ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 27 avr. 06 à 17:15, Kenny Leung a écrit :
>>>
>>>> Hi All.
>>>>
>>>> This is a basic flaw in the design of formatters in general.
>>>> Formatters should have separate, multiple, input formats and a
>>>> single output format. Or maybe multiple, localization dependent,
>>>> output formats. It is not too difficult to write your own
>>>> formatter. There are only a couple of methods to implement. I
>>>> once wrote a date formatter using flex that could recognize many
>>>> different date formats. If you want to use the parsing
>>>> infrastructure of NSNumberFormatter, you could just write a
>>>> wrapper formatter that contains multiple NSNumberFormatters, one
>>>> for each input format you want, and one for the output format.
>>>>
>>>> -Kenny
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 27, 2006, at 7:25 AM, Tony S. Wu wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> exactly.
>>>>> you have to type in $1 instead of 1 (pointed out by mmalcolm).
>>>>> this is a problem i encountered before.
>>>>> i don't know why it's so restricted and couldn't figure out how
>>>>> to solve it, and ended up abandoning
>>>>> NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle.
>>>>> if anyone could offer a work around, i'd very much appreciate it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tony S. Wu
>>>>> <tonyswu...>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 27, 2006, at 12:36 AM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>>>>> I've typed exactly the lines you gave to me on my awakeFromNib :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - (void)awakeFromNib
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter
>>>>>> alloc] init] autorelease];
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [numberFormatter setFormatterBehavior:
>>>>>> NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4];
>>>>>> [numberFormatter setNumberStyle:
>>>>>> NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [testTF setFormatter:numberFormatter];
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (testF being the text field)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now, each time I type a number (I tried typing "1") in the
>>>>>> field (and the fiel lose the first responder status), I have a
>>>>>> sheet that is displayed with a format error message (in french
>>>>>> is says "Erreur de formatage" that should translate in
>>>>>> "Formatting error").
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eric.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Le 27 avr. 06 à 07:34, Tony S. Wu a écrit :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> NSNumberFormatter *numberFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter
>>>>>>> alloc] init] autorelease];
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [numberFormatter setFormatterBehavior:
>>>>>>> NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_4];
>>>>>>> [numberFormatter setNumberStyle:
>>>>>>> NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> should work.
>>>>>>> also, a got-cha in NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle is that
>>>>>>> when the control is set to display with currency style, it
>>>>>>> has to have the input data WITH the currency symbol as well.
>>>>>>> meaning (in US currency) when a user inputs "24.00" it is
>>>>>>> considered inappropriate.
>>>>>>> he/she has to input "$24.00".
>>>>>>> i encountered this problem with my table column, if anyone
>>>>>>> finds anyway around this or my information incorrect, please
>>>>>>> do let me know.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tony S. Wu
>>>>>>> <tonyswu...>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Le 26 avr. 06 à 17:05, Nick Zitzmann a écrit :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 7:42 AM, Eric Morand wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Am I doing something wrong ? How am I suppposed to display
>>>>>>>>>> correctly formatted amount in my text field ?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -setNumberStyle: only works if you're using an
>>>>>>>>> NSNumberFormatter that uses the Tiger behavior. Did you try
>>>>>>>>> setting the behavior of the formatter first?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, I've just added it doesn't format anything. If I type
>>>>>>>> 1500 in the field, it remains 1500 instead of 1 500,00 â¬. I
>>>>>>>> just don't get it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Nick Zitzmann
>>>>>>>>> <http://www.chronosnet.com/>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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