iOS convert large numbers to smaller format

Flávio J Vieira Caetano's answer converted to Swift 3.0

extension Int {
    var abbreviated: String {
        let abbrev = "KMBTPE"
        return abbrev.characters.enumerated().reversed().reduce(nil as String?) { accum, tuple in
            let factor = Double(self) / pow(10, Double(tuple.0 + 1) * 3)
            let format = (factor.truncatingRemainder(dividingBy: 1)  == 0 ? "%.0f%@" : "%.1f%@")
            return accum ?? (factor > 1 ? String(format: format, factor, String(tuple.1)) : nil)
            } ?? String(self)
    }
}

Here my version ! Thanks to previous answers. The goals of this version is :

• Have better threshold control because small number details are more important that very big number details
• Use as much as possible NSNumberFormatter to avoid location problems (like comma instead of dot in french)
• Avoid ".0" and well rounding numbers, which can be customize using NSNumberFormatterRoundingMode

You can use all wonderful NSNumberFormatter options to fulfill your needs, see NSNumberFormatter Class Reference

The code (gist):

extension Int {

    func formatUsingAbbrevation () -> String {
        let numFormatter = NSNumberFormatter()

        typealias Abbrevation = (threshold:Double, divisor:Double, suffix:String)
        let abbreviations:[Abbrevation] = [(0, 1, ""),
                                           (1000.0, 1000.0, "K"),
                                           (100_000.0, 1_000_000.0, "M"),
                                           (100_000_000.0, 1_000_000_000.0, "B")]
                                           // you can add more !

        let startValue = Double (abs(self))
        let abbreviation:Abbrevation = {
            var prevAbbreviation = abbreviations[0]
            for tmpAbbreviation in abbreviations {
                if (startValue < tmpAbbreviation.threshold) {
                    break
                }
                prevAbbreviation = tmpAbbreviation
            }
            return prevAbbreviation
        } ()

        let value = Double(self) / abbreviation.divisor
        numFormatter.positiveSuffix = abbreviation.suffix
        numFormatter.negativeSuffix = abbreviation.suffix
        numFormatter.allowsFloats = true
        numFormatter.minimumIntegerDigits = 1
        numFormatter.minimumFractionDigits = 0
        numFormatter.maximumFractionDigits = 1

        return numFormatter.stringFromNumber(NSNumber (double:value))!
    }

}


let testValue:[Int] = [598, -999, 1000, -1284, 9940, 9980, 39900, 99880, 399880, 999898, 999999, 1456384, 12383474]

testValue.forEach() {
    print ("Value : \($0) -> \($0.formatUsingAbbrevation ())")
}

Result :

Value : 598 -> 598
Value : -999 -> -999
Value : 1000 -> 1K
Value : -1284 -> -1.3K
Value : 9940 -> 9.9K
Value : 9980 -> 10K
Value : 39900 -> 39.9K
Value : 99880 -> 99.9K
Value : 399880 -> 0.4M
Value : 999898 -> 1M
Value : 999999 -> 1M
Value : 1456384 -> 1.5M
Value : 12383474 -> 12.4M

I had the same issue and ended up using Kyle's approach but unfortunately it breaks when numbers like 120000 are used, showing 12k instead of 120K and I needed to show small numbers like: 1.1K instead of rounding down to 1K.

So here's my edit from Kyle's original idea:

Results:
[self abbreviateNumber:987] ---> 987
[self abbreviateNumber:1200] ---> 1.2K
[self abbreviateNumber:12000] ----> 12K
[self abbreviateNumber:120000] ----> 120K
[self abbreviateNumber:1200000] ---> 1.2M
[self abbreviateNumber:1340] ---> 1.3K
[self abbreviateNumber:132456] ----> 132.5K

-(NSString *)abbreviateNumber:(int)num {

NSString *abbrevNum;
float number = (float)num;

//Prevent numbers smaller than 1000 to return NULL
if (num >= 1000) {
    NSArray *abbrev = @[@"K", @"M", @"B"];

    for (int i = abbrev.count - 1; i >= 0; i--) {

        // Convert array index to "1000", "1000000", etc
        int size = pow(10,(i+1)*3);

        if(size <= number) {
            // Removed the round and dec to make sure small numbers are included like: 1.1K instead of 1K
            number = number/size;
            NSString *numberString = [self floatToString:number];

            // Add the letter for the abbreviation
            abbrevNum = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@", numberString, [abbrev objectAtIndex:i]];
        }

    }
} else {

    // Numbers like: 999 returns 999 instead of NULL
    abbrevNum = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", (int)number];
}

return abbrevNum;
}

- (NSString *) floatToString:(float) val {
NSString *ret = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%.1f", val];
unichar c = [ret characterAtIndex:[ret length] - 1];

while (c == 48) { // 0
    ret = [ret substringToIndex:[ret length] - 1];
    c = [ret characterAtIndex:[ret length] - 1];

    //After finding the "." we know that everything left is the decimal number, so get a substring excluding the "."
    if(c == 46) { // .
        ret = [ret substringToIndex:[ret length] - 1];
    }
}

return ret;
}

I Hope this can help you guys.

-(NSString*) suffixNumber:(NSNumber*)number
{
    if (!number)
        return @"";

    long long num = [number longLongValue];

    int s = ( (num < 0) ? -1 : (num > 0) ? 1 : 0 );
    NSString* sign = (s == -1 ? @"-" : @"" );

    num = llabs(num);

    if (num < 1000)
        return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%lld",sign,num];

    int exp = (int) (log10l(num) / 3.f); //log10l(1000));

    NSArray* units = @[@"K",@"M",@"G",@"T",@"P",@"E"];

    return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%.1f%@",sign, (num / pow(1000, exp)), [units objectAtIndex:(exp-1)]];
}

sample usage

NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@100]); // 100
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@1000]); // 1.0K
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@1500]); // 1.5K
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@24000]); // 24.0K
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@99900]); // 99.9K
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@99999]); // 100.0K
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@109999]); // 110.0K
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@5109999]); // 5.1M
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:@8465445223]); // 8.5G
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:[NSNumber numberWithInt:-120]]); // -120
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:[NSNumber numberWithLong:-5000000]]); // -5.0M
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:[NSNumber numberWithDouble:-3.5f]]); // -3
NSLog(@"%@",[self suffixNumber:[NSNumber numberWithDouble:-4000.63f]]); // -4.0K

[Update]

Swift version below:

func suffixNumber(number:NSNumber) -> NSString {

    var num:Double = number.doubleValue;
    let sign = ((num < 0) ? "-" : "" );

    num = fabs(num);

    if (num < 1000.0){
        return "\(sign)\(num)";
    }

    let exp:Int = Int(log10(num) / 3.0 ); //log10(1000));

    let units:[String] = ["K","M","G","T","P","E"];

    let roundedNum:Double = round(10 * num / pow(1000.0,Double(exp))) / 10;

    return "\(sign)\(roundedNum)\(units[exp-1])";
}

sample usage

print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(long: 100))); // 100.0
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(long: 1000))); // 1.0K
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(long: 1500))); // 1.5K
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(long: 24000))); // 24.0K
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(longLong: 99900))); // 99.9K
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(longLong: 99999))); // 100.0K
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(longLong: 109999))); // 110.0K
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(longLong: 5109999))); // 5.1K
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(longLong: 8465445223))); // 8.5G
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(long: -120))); // -120.0
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(longLong: -5000000))); // -5.0M
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(float: -3.5))); // -3.5
print(self.suffixNumber(NSNumber(float: -4000.63))); // -4.0K

Hope it helps