How to convert english numbers inside a string to Persian/Arabic numbers in Objective-C?

Question

I have an english string that may or may not have numbers. But i want those numbers to be printed on screen as Persian numbers.

For example if NSString *foo =

Answer 1

In swift 3:

func convertEngNumToPersianNum(num: String)->String{
    let number = NSNumber(value: Int(num)!)
    let format = NumberFormatter()
    format.locale = Locale(identifier: "fa_IR")
    let faNumber = format.string(from: number)

    return faNumber!
}

Check before force unwrap to prevent crash.

Answer 2

convert number to any locale

let formatter = NumberFormatter()
formatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "ar")
if let localized = formatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: comp.0)) {
   return "\(localized)"
}

example:

(lldb) po formatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: 0)) ▿ Optional - some : "٠"

(lldb) po formatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: 1)) ▿ Optional - some : "١"

(lldb) po formatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: 2)) ▿ Optional - some : "٢"

(lldb) po formatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: 3)) ▿ Optional - some : "٣"

(lldb) po formatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: 4)) ▿ Optional - some : "٤"

(lldb) po formatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: 5)) ▿ Optional - some : "٥"

(lldb) po formatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: 6)) ▿ Optional - some : "٦"

(lldb) po formatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: 7)) ▿ Optional - some : "٧"

(lldb) po formatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: 8)) ▿ Optional - some : "٨"

(lldb) po formatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: 9)) ▿ Optional - some : "٩"

(lldb) po formatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: 10)) ▿ Optional - some : "١٠"

Answer 3

The simple way:

NSDictionary *numbersDictionary = @{@"1" : @"۱", @"2" : @"۲", @"3" : @"۳", @"4" : @"۴", @"5" : @"۵", @"6" : @"۶", @"7" : @"۷", @"8" : @"۸", @"9" : @"۹"};
for (NSString *key in numbersDictionary) {
  str = [str stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:key withString:numbersDictionary[key]];
}

Other solution more flexible with locale:

NSNumberFormatter *formatter = [NSNumberFormatter new];
formatter.locale = [NSLocale localeWithLocaleIdentifier:@"ar"];
for (NSInteger i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
  NSNumber *num = @(i);
  str = [str stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:num.stringValue withString:[formatter stringFromNumber:num]];
}

Note: this code wrote without IDE, it can be with syntax errors.

Answer 4

Swift 3:

However other answers are correct, there is a little problem in converting String to Int.

Converting a String to Int removes left zeros which is not good (Specially in converting cell phones and national Ids). To avoid this problem I prefer replacing each English number to Persian.

static func convertToPersian(text : String)-> String {
    let numbersDictionary : Dictionary = ["0" : "۰","1" : "۱", "2" : "۲", "3" : "۳", "4" : "۴", "5" : "۵", "6" : "۶", "7" : "۷", "8" : "۸", "9" : "۹"]
    var str : String = text

    for (key,value) in numbersDictionary {
        str =  str.replacingOccurrences(of: key, with: value)
    }

    return str
}

This method can also be used to replace numbers within text and its not necessary to have a pure number to convert to Persian.

Answer 5

+(NSString *)convertNumToPersian:(NSString *)EnglishNumString
{
    if ( [EnglishNumString isEqual:[NSNull null]] )
        return @"";

    NSString *myString = [EnglishNumString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"1" withString:@"۱"];
    myString = [myString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"2" withString:@"۲"];
    myString =[myString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"3" withString:@"۳"];
    myString =[myString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"4" withString:@"۴"];
    myString =[myString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"5" withString:@"۵"];
    myString =[myString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"6" withString:@"۶"];
    myString =[myString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"7" withString:@"۷"];
    myString =[myString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"8" withString:@"۸"];
    myString =[myString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"9" withString:@"۹"];
    myString =[myString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"0" withString:@"۰"];
    return myString;
}

Answer 6

/** * In this function convert Arabic number to English number. * @sample stringValue : Pass String value. */

fun numberArabicToEnglish(stringValue: String): String {
    val value = stringValue
        .replace("١", "1")
        .replace("٢", "2")
        .replace("٣", "3")
        .replace("٤", "4")
        .replace("٥", "5")
        .replace("٦", "6")
        .replace("٧", "7")
        .replace("٨", "8")
        .replace("٩", "9")
        .replace("٠", "0")
    return value
}`enter code here`