Precision String Format Specifier In Swift

Question

Below is how I would have previously truncated a float to two decimal places

NSLog(@\" %.02f %.02f %.02f\", r, g, b);

I checked the docs an

Answer 1

A more elegant and generic solution is to rewrite ruby / python % operator:

// Updated for beta 5
func %(format:String, args:[CVarArgType]) -> String {
    return NSString(format:format, arguments:getVaList(args))
}

"Hello %@, This is pi : %.2f" % ["World", M_PI]