How to control the scientifc style of NSNumberFormatter?

Question

Hi, I'm converting a long string representing a very big or small number to a string in scientific notation. E.g. 9999999999999999999999999 to 9.999999999999999E24.

I use NSNumberFormatter.

NSNumberFormatter *ns = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];
[ns setNumberStyle: NSNumberFormatterScientificStyle];
NSString *result = [ns stringFromNumber: [ns numberFromString: aBigOrSmallString]];
[ns release];

But how can I control the precision part? For example, from 912345678 to 9.12E8 or 9.1234E8.

Answer 1

Have you checked the setMinimumFractionDigits and setMaximumFractionDigits
Reference: NSNumberFormatter Class Reference