NSNumberFormatter and rounding percentage value

Question

here is my code snip, i dont know how to round double numbers.

double m =  [tmpProduct.msrp doubleValue] ;
double d = [tmpProduct.discountPrice doubleValue];
double p = (d * 100 ) / m;

here tmpProduct.msrp and mpProduct.discountPrice are (NSDecimalNUmber *)

from the operation above I got p = 44.995757

i want to convert it to (45%) , how do i do that?

here is what i use , but that does not help.

NSNumberFormatter *formatter = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setMaximumFractionDigits:2];
[formatter setRoundingMode: NSNumberFormatterRoundDown];
[formatter stringFromNumber:[NSNumber numberWithDouble:p]]

Answer 1

Have you tried using the arithmetic operations NSDecimalNumber provides?
I haven't tried that myself, but it seems you are bypassing the advantages of NSDecimalNumber by using standard operators ( *, /, ...) on the double values of your number instances.
Take a look at NSDecimalNumber: Performing Arithmetic

As Objective-C does not support operator overloading you will have to use methods such as:

- (NSDecimalNumber *)decimalNumberByDividingBy:(NSDecimalNumber *)decimalNumber

Update:
Division using NSDecimalNumber:

NSDecimalNumber* operandOne = [NSDecimalNumber decimalNumberWithString:@"1234.5"];
NSDecimalNumber* operandTwo = [NSDecimalNumber decimalNumberWithString:@"2335"];
NSDecimalNumber* result = [operandOne decimalNumberByDividingBy:operandTwo];
NSLog(@"%@", [result descriptionWithLocale:[NSLocale currentLocale]]);

by using descriptionWithLocale: , you get the correct NSLocaleDecimalSeparator

Update 2:
I forgot about the rounding:
NSDecimalNumber supports several rounding modes.
Read the documentation of decimalNumberByRoundingAccordingToBehavior:

Answer 2

In this specific case, I'd suggest setting the style to NSNumberFormatterPercentStyle and the maximum fraction digits to 0. Then you shouldn't have to worry about the rounding. This works for me:

double p = d / m;  // note: not multiplying by 100 here

NSNumberFormatter *formatter = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterPercentStyle];
NSString *s = [formatter stringFromNumber:[NSNumber numberWithDouble:p]];

This gives the string "45%".