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evan
evan

Reputation: 41

Unexpected decimal result

I run the following code, but did not expect that result.. 

public class SampleDemo {
    public static void main(String args[]) {  
        System.out.println(10.00 - 9.10);
    }
}

I am getting o/p as 0.9000000000000004

Why is it so?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 319

Answers (1)

Saurabh Gokhale
Saurabh Gokhale

Reputation: 46395

This is because decimal values can’t be represented exactly by float or double.

One suggestion : Avoid float and double where exact answers are required. Use BigDecimal, int, or long instead

Using int :

public class SampleDemo {
    public static void main(String args[]) {  
        System.out.println(10 - 9);
    }
}

// Output : 1

Using BigDecimal :

import java.math.BigDecimal;

public class SampleDemo {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
     System.out.println(new BigDecimal("10.00").subtract(new BigDecimal("9.10")));
                             }
                     }
// Output : 0.90

Upvotes: 6

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