Format NSString using NSFormatter - ios

Question

I am getting price of an object in string and I want to formate it as currency.
I am using the following code:
var priceString : NSString = urlDict.objectForKey("price") as NSString
var formatter = NSNumberFormatter()
formatter.numberStyle = .CurrencyStyle
formatter.locale = NSLocale.currentLocale()
let priceNumber = formatter.numberFromString(priceString)
I am getting the data fine in priceString but priceNumber is nil.
And if I try this:
var priceNumber : NSNumber = urlDict.objectForKey("price") as NSNumber
then also the priceNumber is nil.
What approach should I take to achieve a formatted price from the string?

Answer 1

Thanks all for the suggestions:
I have combined above solutions to form a function:
func formatAsPrice(priceString: NSString) -> NSString {
let rsSymbol = "\u{20B9}" // The currency symbol for India
var priceStrTemp = priceString
priceStrTemp = rsSymbol + priceStrTemp
var formatter = NSNumberFormatter()
formatter.numberStyle = .CurrencyStyle
formatter.locale = NSLocale.currentLocale()
formatter.locale = NSLocale(localeIdentifier: "en_IN") //Explicit
formatter.secondaryGroupingSize = 2 // grouping as Indian currency style
let priceNumber = formatter.numberFromString(priceStrTemp)!
var finalPrice: NSString! = (rsSymbol + " \(priceNumber)") as NSString!
return finalPrice
}

Answer 2

The Formatter code is fine.
You have to pass correct Currency string with currency symbol
func format(amount: String) -> NSNumber? {
let formatter = NSNumberFormatter()
formatter.numberStyle = .CurrencyStyle
formatter.locale = NSLocale.currentLocale()
return formatter.numberFromString(amount)
}
format("NOK 12,00") // returns 12.00
format("NOK 12") // Also fine
format("$ 12") // Error, my local currency is NOK (Norwegian krone)
format("12,00") // Error, needs currency symbol in the string.
If you want to parse trying without currency sublime like this "12,00" that you should set currencySymbol to empty string. Like this
func format(amount: String) -> NSNumber? {
let formatter = NSNumberFormatter()
formatter.numberStyle = .CurrencyStyle
formatter.currencySymbol = ""
...
}
format("12,00") // Works fine now