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Geek20
Geek20

Reputation: 713

How can I get "locale" from currency code?

How can I get NSLocale for the corresponding currency code in swift?

The code:

func format(amount: String, code: String) -> NSDictionary {
        var formatter = NSNumberFormatter()
        let locale = getLocaleByCurrencyCode(code)
        formatter.locale = locale
        formatter.numberStyle = NSNumberFormatterStyle.CurrencyStyle
        let number = NSNumber(double: (amount as NSString).doubleValue)
        return ["locale":locale, "amount": formatter.stringFromNumber(number)!]
    }


func getLocaleByCurrencyCode(code) -> NSLocale {
   ...
}

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5672

Answers (2)

Hemant Singh
Hemant Singh

Reputation: 932

You can get Locale from the currency code.

let locale = NSLocale(localeIdentifier: CurrencyCode)

OR Get Currency name using

Locale.current.localizedString(forCurrencyCode: CurrencyCode (like "INR"))

Upvotes: -1

user149341
user149341

Reputation:

You can't; there are often many locales with a single currency code. For instance, every country in the Eurozone shares the currency code "EUR", but they all have their own locale - sometimes even several. Similarly, there are some currencies which do not have an associated locale in the system.

In most situations, you should always use the system locale to display numbers. Using a localized display format specific to the currency being displayed is likely to be more confusing than useful. (For instance, it's liable to display a million dollars as "$1,000,000.00", a million euros as "€1.000.000,00", and a million rupees as "₹10,00,000.00".)

Upvotes: 6

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