In
let number:NSDecimalNumber = 1.66
the right-hand side is a floating point number which cannot represent
the value “1.66” exactly. One option is to create the decimal number
from a string:
let number = NSDecimalNumber(string: "1.66")
print(number) // 1.66
Another option is to use arithmetic:
let number = NSDecimalNumber(value: 166).dividing(by: 100)
print(number) // 1.66
With Swift 3 you may consider to use the “overlay value type” Decimal
instead, e.g.
let num = Decimal(166)/Decimal(100)
print(num) // 1.66
Yet another option:
let num = Decimal(sign: .plus, exponent: -2, significand: 166)
print(num) // 1.66
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