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I'm still new to Java and I was wondering if there are any ways to format to a double without having it rounded?
Example:
double n = 0.12876543;
String s = String.format("%1$1.2f", n);
If I were to print to the system, it would return the 0.13 instead of the precise 0.12. Now I have thought of a solution but I want to know if there is a better way of doing this. This my simple solution:
double n = 0.12876543;
double n = Double.parseDouble(String.format(("%1$1.2f", n));
Any other thoughts or solutions?

An elegant solution would be to use setRoundingMode with DecimalFormat. It sets the RoundingMode appropriately.
For example:
// Your decimal value
double n = 0.12876543;
// Decimal Formatting
DecimalFormat curDf = new DecimalFormat(".00");
// This will set the RoundingMode
curDf.setRoundingMode(RoundingMode.DOWN);
// Print statement
System.out.println(curDf.format(n));
Output:
0.12
Further, if you want to do additional formatting as a string you can always change the double value into string:
// Your decimal value
double n = 0.12876543;
// Decimal Formatting
DecimalFormat curDf = new DecimalFormat(".00");
// This will set the RoundingMode
curDf.setRoundingMode(RoundingMode.DOWN);
// Convert to string for any additional formatting
String curString = String.valueOf(curDf.format(n));
// Print statement
System.out.println(curString);
Output:
0.12
Please refer similar solution here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8560708/4085019

As is, rounded to 2 decimals and truncated to 2 decimals :
double n = 0.12876543;
String complete = String.valueOf(n);
System.out.println(complete);
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#.##");
String rounded = df.format(n);
System.out.println(rounded);
df.setRoundingMode(RoundingMode.DOWN);
String truncated = df.format(n);
System.out.println(truncated);
it displays :
0.12876543
0.13
0.12

Your example is working correctly in that it is properly rounding the number to 2 decimal places. 0.12876543 properly rounds to 0.13 when rounded to 2 decimal places. However, it seems like you always want to round the number down? If that is the case then you can do something like this...
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
double n = 0.12876543;
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#.##");
df.setRoundingMode(RoundingMode.DOWN);
String s = df.format(n);
System.out.println(s);
}
This will print out a value of 0.12

Note first that a double is a binary fraction and does not really have decimal places.
If you need decimal places, use a BigDecimal, which has a setScale() method for truncation, or use DecimalFormat to get a String.

tinylog formatting for double values [duplicate]

I want to print a double value in Java without exponential form.
double dexp = 12345678;
System.out.println("dexp: "+dexp);
It shows this E notation: 1.2345678E7.
I want it to print it like this: 12345678
What is the best way to prevent this?

Java prevent E notation in a double:
Five different ways to convert a double to a normal number:
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
public class Runner {
public static void main(String[] args) {
double myvalue = 0.00000021d;
//Option 1 Print bare double.
System.out.println(myvalue);
//Option2, use decimalFormat.
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#");
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(8);
System.out.println(df.format(myvalue));
//Option 3, use printf.
System.out.printf("%.9f", myvalue);
System.out.println();
//Option 4, convert toBigDecimal and ask for toPlainString().
System.out.print(new BigDecimal(myvalue).toPlainString());
System.out.println();
//Option 5, String.format
System.out.println(String.format("%.12f", myvalue));
}
}
This program prints:
2.1E-7
.00000021
0.000000210
0.000000210000000000000001085015324114868562332958390470594167709350585
0.000000210000
Which are all the same value.
Protip: If you are confused as to why those random digits appear beyond a certain threshold in the double value, this video explains: computerphile why does 0.1+0.2 equal 0.30000000000001?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PZRI1IfStY0

You could use printf() with %f:
double dexp = 12345678;
System.out.printf("dexp: %f\n", dexp);
This will print dexp: 12345678.000000. If you don't want the fractional part, use
System.out.printf("dexp: %.0f\n", dexp);
0 in %.0f means 0 places in fractional part i.e no fractional part. If you want to print fractional part with desired number of decimal places then instead of 0 just provide the number like this %.8f. By default fractional part is printed up to 6 decimal places.
This uses the format specifier language explained in the documentation.
The default toString() format used in your original code is spelled out here.

In short:
If you want to get rid of trailing zeros and Locale problems, then you should use:
double myValue = 0.00000021d;
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0", DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.ENGLISH));
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(340); // 340 = DecimalFormat.DOUBLE_FRACTION_DIGITS
System.out.println(df.format(myValue)); // Output: 0.00000021
Explanation:
Why other answers did not suit me:
Double.toString() or System.out.println or FloatingDecimal.toJavaFormatString uses scientific notations if double is less than 10^-3 or greater than or equal to 10^7
By using %f, the default decimal precision is 6, otherwise you can hardcode it, but it results in extra zeros added if you have fewer decimals. Example:
double myValue = 0.00000021d;
String.format("%.12f", myvalue); // Output: 0.000000210000
By using setMaximumFractionDigits(0); or %.0f you remove any decimal precision, which is fine for integers/longs, but not for double:
double myValue = 0.00000021d;
System.out.println(String.format("%.0f", myvalue)); // Output: 0
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0");
System.out.println(df.format(myValue)); // Output: 0
By using DecimalFormat, you are local dependent. In French locale, the decimal separator is a comma, not a point:
double myValue = 0.00000021d;
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0");
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(340);
System.out.println(df.format(myvalue)); // Output: 0,00000021
Using the ENGLISH locale makes sure you get a point for decimal separator, wherever your program will run.
Why using 340 then for setMaximumFractionDigits?
Two reasons:
setMaximumFractionDigits accepts an integer, but its implementation has a maximum digits allowed of DecimalFormat.DOUBLE_FRACTION_DIGITS which equals 340
Double.MIN_VALUE = 4.9E-324 so with 340 digits you are sure not to round your double and lose precision.

You can try it with DecimalFormat. With this class you are very flexible in parsing your numbers.
You can exactly set the pattern you want to use.
In your case for example:
double test = 12345678;
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#");
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(0);
System.out.println(df.format(test)); //12345678

I've got another solution involving BigDecimal's toPlainString(), but this time using the String-constructor, which is recommended in the javadoc:
this constructor is compatible with the values returned by Float.toString and Double.toString. This is generally the preferred way to convert a float or double into a BigDecimal, as it doesn't suffer from the unpredictability of the BigDecimal(double) constructor.
It looks like this in its shortest form:
return new BigDecimal(myDouble.toString()).stripTrailingZeros().toPlainString();
NaN and infinite values have to be checked extra, so looks like this in its complete form:
public static String doubleToString(Double d) {
if (d == null)
return null;
if (d.isNaN() || d.isInfinite())
return d.toString();
return new BigDecimal(d.toString()).stripTrailingZeros().toPlainString();
}
This can also be copied/pasted to work nicely with Float.
For Java 7 and below, this results in "0.0" for any zero-valued Doubles, so you would need to add:
if (d.doubleValue() == 0)
return "0";

Java/Kotlin compiler converts any value greater than 9999999 (greater than or equal to 10 million) to scientific notation ie. Epsilion notation.
Ex: 12345678 is converted to 1.2345678E7
Use this code to avoid automatic conversion to scientific notation:
fun setTotalSalesValue(String total) {
var valueWithoutEpsilon = total.toBigDecimal()
/* Set the converted value to your android text view using setText() function */
salesTextView.setText( valueWithoutEpsilon.toPlainString() )
}

This will work as long as your number is a whole number:
double dnexp = 12345678;
System.out.println("dexp: " + (long)dexp);
If the double variable has precision after the decimal point it will truncate it.

I needed to convert some double to currency values and found that most of the solutions were OK, but not for me.
The DecimalFormat was eventually the way for me, so here is what I've done:
public String foo(double value) //Got here 6.743240136E7 or something..
{
DecimalFormat formatter;
if(value - (int)value > 0.0)
formatter = new DecimalFormat("0.00"); // Here you can also deal with rounding if you wish..
else
formatter = new DecimalFormat("0");
return formatter.format(value);
}
As you can see, if the number is natural I get - say - 20000000 instead of 2E7 (etc.) - without any decimal point.
And if it's decimal, I get only two decimal digits.

I think everyone had the right idea, but all answers were not straightforward.
I can see this being a very useful piece of code. Here is a snippet of what will work:
System.out.println(String.format("%.8f", EnterYourDoubleVariableHere));
the ".8" is where you set the number of decimal places you would like to show.
I am using Eclipse and it worked no problem.
Hope this was helpful. I would appreciate any feedback!

The following code detects if the provided number is presented in scientific notation. If so it is represented in normal presentation with a maximum of '25' digits.
static String convertFromScientificNotation(double number) {
// Check if in scientific notation
if (String.valueOf(number).toLowerCase().contains("e")) {
System.out.println("The scientific notation number'"
+ number
+ "' detected, it will be converted to normal representation with 25 maximum fraction digits.");
NumberFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat();
formatter.setMaximumFractionDigits(25);
return formatter.format(number);
} else
return String.valueOf(number);
}

This may be a tangent.... but if you need to put a numerical value as an integer (that is too big to be an integer) into a serializer (JSON, etc.) then you probably want "BigInterger"
Example:
value is a string - 7515904334
We need to represent it as a numerical in a Json message:
{
"contact_phone":"800220-3333",
"servicer_id":7515904334,
"servicer_name":"SOME CORPORATION"
}
We can't print it or we'll get this:
{
"contact_phone":"800220-3333",
"servicer_id":"7515904334",
"servicer_name":"SOME CORPORATION"
}
Adding the value to the node like this produces the desired outcome:
BigInteger.valueOf(Long.parseLong(value, 10))
I'm not sure this is really on-topic, but since this question was my top hit when I searched for my solution, I thought I would share here for the benefit of others, lie me, who search poorly. :D

use String.format ("%.0f", number)
%.0f for zero decimal
String numSring = String.format ("%.0f", firstNumber);
System.out.println(numString);

I had this same problem in my production code when I was using it as a string input to a math.Eval() function which takes a string like "x + 20 / 50"
I looked at hundreds of articles... In the end I went with this because of the speed. And because the Eval function was going to convert it back into its own number format eventually and math.Eval() didn't support the trailing E-07 that other methods returned, and anything over 5 dp was too much detail for my application anyway.
This is now used in production code for an application that has 1,000+ users...
double value = 0.0002111d;
String s = Double.toString(((int)(value * 100000.0d))/100000.0d); // Round to 5 dp
s display as: 0.00021

This will work not only for a whole numbers:
double dexp = 12345678.12345678;
BigDecimal bigDecimal = new BigDecimal(Double.toString(dexp));
System.out.println("dexp: "+ bigDecimal.toPlainString());

My solution:
String str = String.format ("%.0f", yourDouble);

For integer values represented by a double, you can use this code, which is much faster than the other solutions.
public static String doubleToString(final double d) {
// check for integer, also see https://stackoverflow.com/a/9898613/868941 and
// https://github.com/google/guava/blob/master/guava/src/com/google/common/math/DoubleMath.java
if (isMathematicalInteger(d)) {
return Long.toString((long)d);
} else {
// or use any of the solutions provided by others, this is the best
DecimalFormat df =
new DecimalFormat("0", DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.ENGLISH));
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(340); // 340 = DecimalFormat.DOUBLE_FRACTION_DIGITS
return df.format(d);
}
}
// Java 8+
public static boolean isMathematicalInteger(final double d) {
return StrictMath.rint(d) == d && Double.isFinite(d);
}

This works for me. The output will be a String.
String.format("%.12f", myvalue);

Good way to convert scientific e notation
String.valueOf(YourDoubleValue.longValue())

how to Convert double's exponetial form to normal decimal form

All Experts
I am doing some logical stuff in my program with an variable of type double.
everything is Ok when the value of type double parameter is less then 1,00,00,000.
But when the value of it becomes > one Crores it is automatically converted in to an exponetial form and i got an exception .
For Example
Value 10010001.25 becomes
1.001000125E7
I want the value is in normal form .
Any help ??
Thank You
Mihir Parekh

I would recommend using System.out.println(new BigDecimal(d)).
Here is a comparison of some alternatives:
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
double d = 10010001.125;
// 10010001.125000 (lots of trailing zeroes)
System.out.printf("%f%n", d);
// 10010001.13 (perhaps not what you want)
System.out.printf("%.2f%n", d);
// 10010001.12 (not accurate in my opinion)
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#.##");
System.out.println(df.format(d));
// 10010001.125 (all relevant digits, and no trailing zeroes)
System.out.println(new BigDecimal(d));
}
}

The double is a binary format. The two formats you see are different ways of converting a double into a String. You can try DecimalFormat to convert a number into a decimal formatted String.
However you might find this simpler
double d = 10010001.25;
System.out.printf("%.2f%n", d);
prints
10010001.25
EDIT:
System.out.printf("%,.2f%n", d);
prints
10,010,001.25

You can use DecimalFormat
double d = 10010001.25;
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#.##");
System.out.print(df.format(d));

How to use Java's DecimalFormat for "smart" currency formatting?

I'd like to use Java's DecimalFormat to format doubles like so:
#1 - 100 -> $100
#2 - 100.5 -> $100.50
#3 - 100.41 -> $100.41
The best I can come up with so far is:
new DecimalFormat("'$'0.##");
But this doesn't work for case #2, and instead outputs "$100.5"
Edit:
A lot of these answers are only considering cases #2 and #3 and not realizing that their solution will cause #1 to format 100 as "$100.00" instead of just "$100".

Does it have to use DecimalFormat?
If not, it looks like the following should work:
String currencyString = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance().format(currencyNumber);
//Handle the weird exception of formatting whole dollar amounts with no decimal
currencyString = currencyString.replaceAll("\\.00", "");

Use NumberFormat:
NumberFormat n = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(Locale.US);
double doublePayment = 100.13;
String s = n.format(doublePayment);
System.out.println(s);
Also, don't use doubles to represent exact values. If you're using currency values in something like a Monte Carlo method (where the values aren't exact anyways), double is preferred.
See also: Write Java programs to calculate and format currency

Try
new DecimalFormat("'$'0.00");
Edit:
I Tried
DecimalFormat d = new DecimalFormat("'$'0.00");
System.out.println(d.format(100));
System.out.println(d.format(100.5));
System.out.println(d.format(100.41));
and got
$100.00
$100.50
$100.41

Try using
DecimalFormat.setMinimumFractionDigits(2);
DecimalFormat.setMaximumFractionDigits(2);

You can check "is number whole or not" and choose needed number format.
public class test {
public static void main(String[] args){
System.out.println(function(100d));
System.out.println(function(100.5d));
System.out.println(function(100.42d));
}
public static String function(Double doubleValue){
boolean isWholeNumber=(doubleValue == Math.round(doubleValue));
DecimalFormatSymbols formatSymbols = new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.GERMAN);
formatSymbols.setDecimalSeparator('.');
String pattern= isWholeNumber ? "#.##" : "#.00";
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat(pattern, formatSymbols);
return df.format(doubleValue);
}
}
will give exactly what you want:
100
100.50
100.42

You can use the following format:
DecimalFormat dformat = new DecimalFormat("$#.##");

I know its too late. However following worked for me :
DecimalFormatSymbols otherSymbols = new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.UK);
new DecimalFormat("\u00A4#######0.00",otherSymbols).format(totalSale);
\u00A4 : acts as a placeholder for currency symbol
#######0.00 : acts as a placeholder pattern for actual number with 2 decimal
places precision.
Hope this helps whoever reads this in future :)

You can try by using two different DecimalFormat objects based on the condition as follows:
double d=100;
double d2=100.5;
double d3=100.41;
DecimalFormat df=new DecimalFormat("'$'0.00");
if(d%1==0){ // this is to check a whole number
DecimalFormat df2=new DecimalFormat("'$'");
System.out.println(df2.format(d));
}
System.out.println(df.format(d2));
System.out.println(df.format(d3));
Output:-
$100
$100.50
$100.41

You could use the Java Money API to achieve this. (although this is not using DecialFormat)
long amountInCents = ...;
double amountInEuro = amountInCents / 100.00;
String customPattern;
if (minimumOrderValueInCents % 100 == 0) {
customPattern = "# ¤";
} else {
customPattern = "#.## ¤";
}
Money minDeliveryAmount = Money.of(amountInEuro, "EUR");
MonetaryAmountFormat formatter = MonetaryFormats.getAmountFormat(AmountFormatQueryBuilder.of(Locale.GERMANY)
.set(CurrencyStyle.SYMBOL)
.set("pattern", customPattern)
.build());
System.out.println(minDeliveryAmount);

printf also works.
Example:
double anyNumber = 100;
printf("The value is %4.2f ", anyNumber);
Output:
The value is 100.00
4.2 means force the number to have two digits after the decimal. The 4 controls how many digits to the right of the decimal.

Usage of DecimalFormat for the following case

I have the following decimal format previously :
private static final DecimalFormat decimalFormat = new DecimalFormat("0.00");
So,
it can change :
0.1 -> "0.10"
0.01 -> "0.01"
0.001 -> "0.00"
What I wish is
0.1 -> "0.10"
0.01 -> "0.01"
0.001 -> "0.001"
Is it possible I can achieve so using DecimalFormat?

DecimalFormat class is not "Thread Safe". So you are better off having static String variable for this format while you should define the DecimalFormat object within your method required method.
Static variable:
private static final String decimalFormatStr = "0.00#";
.
Local variable in method:
DecimalFormat decimalFormat = new DecimalFormat(decimalFormatStr);

Yes, use this:
new DecimalFormat("0.00######");
The # means a digit should be displayed there except for trailing zeros. The 0 means a digit is always displayed, even if it is a trailing zero. The number of decimal places in the formatted string will not exceed the total number of 0s and #s after the dot, so in this example the digits after the 8th decimal place will be truncated.

You can do it like this:
NumberFormat f = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance();
f.setMinimumFractionDigits(2);
System.out.println(f.format(0.1));
System.out.println(f.format(0.01));
System.out.println(f.format(0.001));