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

You can use this string initializer if you want to force the currency to $:

String(format: "Tip Amount: $%.02f", tipAmount)

If you want it to be fully dependent on the locale settings of the device, you should use a NumberFormatter. This will take into account the number of decimal places for the currency as well as positioning the currency symbol correctly. E.g. the double value 2.4 will return "2,40 €" for the es_ES locale and "¥ 2" for the jp_JP locale.

let formatter = NumberFormatter()
formatter.locale = Locale.current // Change this to another locale if you want to force a specific locale, otherwise this is redundant as the current locale is the default already
formatter.numberStyle = .currency
if let formattedTipAmount = formatter.string(from: tipAmount as NSNumber) {
    tipAmountLabel.text = "Tip Amount: \(formattedTipAmount)"
}