Swift - Remove Trailing Zeros From Double

Removing trailing zeros in output

This scenario is good when the default output precision is desired. We test the value for potential trailing zeros, and we use a different output format depending on it.

extension Double {
    var stringWithoutZeroFraction: String {
        return truncatingRemainder(dividingBy: 1) == 0 ? String(format: "%.0f", self) : String(self)
    }
}

(works also with extension Float, but not Float80)

Output:

1.0 → "1"
0.1 → "0.1"
0.01 → "0.01"
0.001 → "0.001"
0.0001 → "0.0001"

Formatting with maximum fraction digits, without trailing zeros

This scenario is good when a custom output precision is desired. This solution seems roughly as fast as NumberFormatter + NSNumber solution from MirekE, but one benefit could be that we're avoiding NSObject here.

extension Double {
    func string(maximumFractionDigits: Int = 2) -> String {
        let s = String(format: "%.\(maximumFractionDigits)f", self)
        for i in stride(from: 0, to: -maximumFractionDigits, by: -1) {
            if s[s.index(s.endIndex, offsetBy: i - 1)] != "0" {
                return String(s[..<s.index(s.endIndex, offsetBy: i)])
            }
        }
        return String(s[..<s.index(s.endIndex, offsetBy: -maximumFractionDigits - 1)])
    }
}

(works also with extension Float, but not Float80)

Output for maximumFractionDigits: 2:

1.0 → "1"
0.12 → "0.12"
0.012 → "0.01"
0.0012 → "0"
0.00012 → "0"

Note that it performs a rounding (same as MirekE solution):

0.9950000 → "0.99"
0.9950001 → "1"

You can do it this way but it will return a string:

var double = 3.0
var double2 = 3.10

func forTrailingZero(temp: Double) -> String {
    var tempVar = String(format: "%g", temp)
    return tempVar
}

forTrailingZero(double)   //3
forTrailingZero(double2)  //3.1

In Swift 4 you can do it like that:

extension Double {
    func removeZerosFromEnd() -> String {
        let formatter = NumberFormatter()
        let number = NSNumber(value: self)
        formatter.minimumFractionDigits = 0
        formatter.maximumFractionDigits = 16 //maximum digits in Double after dot (maximum precision)
        return String(formatter.string(from: number) ?? "")
    }
}

example of use: print (Double("128834.567891000").removeZerosFromEnd()) result: 128834.567891

You can also count how many decimal digits has your string:

import Foundation

extension Double {
    func removeZerosFromEnd() -> String {
        let formatter = NumberFormatter()
        let number = NSNumber(value: self)
        formatter.minimumFractionDigits = 0
        formatter.maximumFractionDigits = (self.components(separatedBy: ".").last)!.count
        return String(formatter.string(from: number) ?? "")
    }
}