How to format a Double into Currency - Swift 3

Question

I'm new to Swift programming and I've been creating a simple tip calculator app in Xcode 8.2, I have my calculations set up within my IBAction below. But when I actually run my app and input an amount to calculate (such as 23.45), it comes up with more than 2 decimal places. How do I format it to .currency in this case?

@IBAction func calculateButtonTapped(_ sender: Any) {

    var tipPercentage: Double {

        if tipAmountSegmentedControl.selectedSegmentIndex == 0 {
            return 0.05
        } else if tipAmountSegmentedControl.selectedSegmentIndex == 1 {
            return 0.10
        } else {
            return 0.2
        }
    }

    let billAmount: Double? = Double(userInputTextField.text!)

    if let billAmount = billAmount {
        let tipAmount = billAmount * tipPercentage
        let totalBillAmount = billAmount + tipAmount

        tipAmountLabel.text = "Tip Amount: $\(tipAmount)"
        totalBillAmountLabel.text = "Total Bill Amount: $\(totalBillAmount)"
    }
}

Answer 1

Here's how:

    let currentLocale = Locale.current
    let currencySymbol = currentLocale.currencySymbol
    let outputString = "\(currencySymbol)\(String(format: "%.2f", totalBillAmount))"

1st line: You're getting the current locale

2nd line: You're getting the currencySymbol for that locale. ($, £, etc)

3rd line: Using the format initializer to truncate your Double to 2 decimal places.