iOS initWithFormat won't use locale for decimal point

[RLScott]

My app displays decimal numbers and I would like it to display in the user's locale so that the decimal point is either a period "." or a comma "," depending on the user's device locale. When I set the device locale to Germany and call localizedStringWithFormat I get the comma "," decimal point as expected. But when I call initWithFormat I always get the period decimal point ".". The docs say that initWithFormat is supposed to follow the user's device locale. I know the device locale is set correctly because localizedStringWithFormat works properly. What am I doing wrong? I have tested this on the iPhone 4.0 Simulator and on a iPhone 3 real device. I am using XCODE 4.2, build 4C199.

 

[chown33]

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From the description for localizedStringWithFormat:

This method is equivalent to using initWithFormat:locale: and passing [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] dictionaryRepresentation] as the locale argument.
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From the description for initWithFormat:

Invokes initWithFormat:locale:arguments: with nil as the locale, hence using the canonical locale to format numbers. This is useful, for example, if you want to produce "non-localized" formatting which needs to be written out to files and parsed back later.
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[dejo]

From the docs:

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Invokes initWithFormat:locale:arguments: with nil as the locale, hence using the canonical locale to format numbers. This is useful, for example, if you want to produce "non-localized" formatting which needs to be written out to files and parsed back later.

So, if you want to use initWithFormat: and a locale, you'll need to call initWithFormat:locale:

 

[RLScott]

From the docs:



So, if you want to use initWithFormat: and a locale, you'll need to call initWithFormat:locale:

Ah, I misread the docs. So initWithFormat is not supposed to follow the user's locale. I guess I'll either switch over to localizedStringWithFormat or initWithFormat:...locale: [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] dictionaryRepresentation]. Thanks.