Is it possible to derive currency symbol from currency code?

Question

My iPhone app formats an NSDecimalNumber as a currency using setCurrencyCode, however another screen displays just the currency symbol. Rather than storing both the currency cod

Answer 1

I would actually do it this way. If you decide to do it as SveinnV said it may be that the symbol is place before the 0 amount and then you are just getting @"0" as the symbol:

- (NSString *) currencySymbolForCurrencyCode:(NSString *) currencyCode
{

    NSNumberFormatter *formatter = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];
    [formatter setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];
    [formatter setMaximumFractionDigits:0];

    [formatter setCurrencyCode:currencyCode];

    NSString *string = [formatter stringFromNumber:[NSNumber numberWithInt:0]];
    NSArray *components = [string componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet decimalDigitCharacterSet]];

    return [components firstObject];
}