Removing Character issue from NSString in iPhone

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I have a string with value "€100,000,000". I want to remove the '€' and ',' at the same time. I am try to use [NSCharacterSet symbolSet] but this method only removes the '€' without removing the ','.

your code is working fine for me. 2012-09-05 19:20:53.950 test[17026:a0f] 100000000 — Parag Bafna, Sep 05 '12 at 13:51

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 14 '12 at 00:02

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Use this:

string = [string stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"€" withString:@""];
string = [string stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"," withString:@""];

edited Sep 14 '12 at 00:02

David Manpearl

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answered Sep 05 '12 at 12:16

Andrey Chernukha

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 05 '12 at 12:24

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You can try:

-(NSString*)cleanString:(NSString*)str
    NSString *string = [NSString stringWithString:str];
    NSCharacterSet *charSet = [NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"€,"];
    string = [string stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:charSet];
    return string;
}

edited Sep 05 '12 at 12:24

woz

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answered Sep 05 '12 at 12:23

janusfidel

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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Best solution is Remove all but numbers from NSString answer.

Alternative for fixed cleaning in string is:

string = [[string stringByReplacingOccurencesOfString:@"€" withString:@""] stringByReplacingOccurencesOfString:@"," withString:@""];

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Sep 05 '12 at 12:21

Paresh Navadiya

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 05 '12 at 13:42

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string = [string stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"€" withString:@""];

where string contains "€100,000,000"

edited Sep 05 '12 at 13:42

Zoltan Toth

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answered Sep 05 '12 at 12:28

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 05 '12 at 12:33

Commas are not symbols. It's part of the [NSCharacterSet punctuationCharacterSet]. But if you use that set it will remove the decimal place holder (period).

You will just have to do two operation to get the result you want.

Use [NSCharacterSet symbolSet] which will take care of all symbols for currency.
Use the stringByReplacingOccurencesOfStrin to remove only the ","

Removing Character issue from NSString in iPhone

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