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Jizhou Zhang
Jizhou Zhang

Reputation: 87

BigDecimal values wants set a new scale

I have a BigDecimal value, for example

BigDecimal bdVal = new BigDecimal("3.141592653");

I really want this value printed to be 

dbVal: 3.141600000

What should I do for that ???

Upvotes: 2

Views: 65

Answers (1)

Sergey Kalinichenko
Sergey Kalinichenko

Reputation: 726639

If you would like to round the value up to four decimal places, use

BigDecimal rounded = bdVal.setScale(4, RoundingMode.HALF_UP);

To print it with nine zeros, use this format:

DecimalFormat decFormat = new DecimalFormat("0.000000000");
String formatted = decFormat.format(rounded);

Demo.

Upvotes: 1

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