Help with decimals precision?

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3 total messages Started by Matthew Mon, 02 May 2005 19:22

#369

Author: Matthew
Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 19:22

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I am trying to convert a string with a value like '012300' to a decimal 
value like '123.00'.  I have tried coverting it into a float, but all I 
get back is '123.0' and I need both zeros at the end.

Can anyone help me?

Matthew

Re: Help with decimals precision?

#370

Author: Arthur Ore
Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 19:37

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I think the DecimalFormat class will do what you want.

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/i18n/format/decimalFormat.html

Arth
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Arthur Ore
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"Matthew" <NO@NO.com> wrote in message 
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>I am trying to convert a string with a value like '012300' to a decimal 
>value like '123.00'.  I have tried coverting it into a float, but all I get 
>back is '123.0' and I need both zeros at the end.
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
> Matthew

Re: Help with decimals precision?

#371

Author: Matthew
Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 19:42

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Arthur Ore wrote:
> I think the DecimalFormat class will do what you want.
> 
> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/i18n/format/decimalFormat.html
> 
> Arth
Yes, that looks like it. Thanks.

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