I'm converting a long string representing a very big or small number to a string in scientific notation. E.g. 9999999999999999999999999 to 9.999999999999999E24.
I use NSNumberFormatter.
NSNumberFormatter *ns = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init]; [ns setNumberStyle: NSNumberFormatterScientificStyle]; NSString *result = [ns stringFromNumber: [ns numberFromString: aBigOrSmallString]]; [ns release];
But how can I control the precision part? For example, from 912345678 to 9.12E8 or 9.1234E8.