---
title: thousandSeparator
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: foundation/numberformatter/thousandseparator
---

# thousandSeparator

The character the receiver uses as a thousand separator.

## Declaration

```swift
var thousandSeparator: String! { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion If you don’t have thousand separators enabled through any other means (such as format), using this method enables them. Special Considerations This method is for use with formatters using NSNumberFormatterBehavior10_0 behavior.

## See Also

### Configuring Separators and Grouping Size

- [groupingSeparator](foundation/numberformatter/groupingseparator.md)
- [usesGroupingSeparator](foundation/numberformatter/usesgroupingseparator.md)
- [hasThousandSeparators](foundation/numberformatter/hasthousandseparators.md)
- [decimalSeparator](foundation/numberformatter/decimalseparator.md)
- [alwaysShowsDecimalSeparator](foundation/numberformatter/alwaysshowsdecimalseparator.md)
- [currencyDecimalSeparator](foundation/numberformatter/currencydecimalseparator.md)
- [groupingSize](foundation/numberformatter/groupingsize.md)
- [secondaryGroupingSize](foundation/numberformatter/secondarygroupingsize.md)