Limiting both the fractional and total number of digits when formatting a float for display

Question

I need to print a float value in area of limited width most efficiently. I\'m using an NSNumberFormatter, and I set two numbers after the decimal point as the d

Answer 1

Code :

#define INTPARTSTR(X) [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d",(int)X]
#define DECPARTSTR(X) [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d",(int)(((float)X-(int)X)*100)]

- (NSString*)formatFloat:(float)f
{
    NSString* result;

    result = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%.2f",f];

    if ([DECPARTSTR(f) isEqualToString:@"0"]) return INTPARTSTR(f);
    if ([INTPARTSTR(f) length]==5) return INTPARTSTR(f);

    if ([result length]>5)
    {
        int diff = (int)[result length]-7;

        NSString* newResult = @"";

        for (int i=0; i<[result length]-diff-1; i++)
            newResult = [newResult stringByAppendingFormat:@"%c",[result characterAtIndex:i]];

        return newResult;
    }


    return result;
}

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Testing it :

- (void)awakeFromNib
{
    NSLog(@"%@",[self formatFloat:234.63]);
    NSLog(@"%@",[self formatFloat:1234.65]);
    NSLog(@"%@",[self formatFloat:11234.65]);
    NSLog(@"%@",[self formatFloat:11234]);
}

Output :

2012-04-26 19:27:24.429 newProj[1798:903] 234.63
2012-04-26 19:27:24.432 newProj[1798:903] 1234.6
2012-04-26 19:27:24.432 newProj[1798:903] 11234
2012-04-26 19:27:24.432 newProj[1798:903] 11234