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In my MPP app I'm trying to create an `NSDecimal` from a `String` . However I'm not sure how to as the `NSDecimal` constructor only takes a `NativePtr` argument. Can someone tell me how to do this please? :smile:

There’s a bunch of different constructors, so you might need to specify a parameter name to make sure you’re using the right one. Eg `val nsDecimal = NSDeclmal(string = "123.456")`

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Given in Swift you can construct a `Decimal` from a string, I'm very confused here ...

Kotlin/Native interop is at the Objective-C level, not Swift, so you should do the same thing you do in Objective-C: work with `NSDecimalNumber` and use `.decimalNumber` to get a Swift-compatible `Decimal` as needed

Thanks <@UJQB4DJF7>. Getting closer. However `.decimalNumber` returns a `CValue&lt;NSDecimal&gt;`

I'm trying to create a function that returns a `NSDecimal` and the compiler doesn't like returning a `CValue&lt;NSDecimal&gt;`

```type kotlinx.cinterop.CValue&lt;platform.Foundation.NSDecimal&gt;  of return value is not supported here: not a structure or too complex ```

```fun foo(str: String): NSDecimal = NSDecimal(NSDecimalNumber(string = str).objcPtr())```
does it work?

<@UJ456JG2K> Now I just have to figure out why my tests are segfaulting when running on iOS (<https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C3PQML5NU/p1650596218842939>)