iOS: NSDecimalNumber: not getting expected results

Question

Say I have the following values for these ivars:

NSString* percentage = 35 NSString* value = 146

In my code below I am expecting to get 51.1 when I do my multiplication (146*.35) but instead am getting 100.

- (NSDecimalNumber*) getProductByPercentage : (NSArray*) itemsToMultiply : (float) annualPatients {

    //get items from array
    NSString* percentage = [itemsToMultiply objectAtIndex:0];
    NSString* value = [itemsToMultiply objectAtIndex:1];

    //init a number formatter
    NSNumberFormatter * f = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];
    //set its formatting style
    [f setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterDecimalStyle];

    //convert to percentage
    float thisPercentage = [percentage floatValue]/100;

    //convert to NSDecimal
    NSDecimalNumber* decPercentage = [[NSDecimalNumber alloc] initWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%f",  thisPercentage]];
    NSDecimalNumber* decAvgReimbursement = [[NSDecimalNumber alloc] initWithString: value];
    NSDecimalNumber* decAnnualPatients = [[NSDecimalNumber alloc] initWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%f", annualPatients]];

    //set up handler
    NSDecimalNumberHandler *handler = [NSDecimalNumberHandler decimalNumberHandlerWithRoundingMode:NSRoundPlain
            scale:-2
            raiseOnExactness:NO
            raiseOnOverflow:NO
            raiseOnUnderflow:NO
            raiseOnDivideByZero:NO
    ];

    //get our results
    NSDecimalNumber* decAvgCost = [decAvgReimbursement decimalNumberByMultiplyingBy:decPercentage
                                                                 withBehavior:handler];

    NSLog(@"%@::%@::%@", decAvgCost, decAvgReimbursement, decPercentage);

    return decAvgCost;
}

Here's my log output

2013-02-04 13:57:46.960 EUS Calculator[34154:c07] 100::146::0.35

Is there something wrong with my handler that is getting me the wrong results?

Answer 1

scale:-2

You're setting the scale to round to -2 decimals, that is to the closest 100.