double value formatting ...

[Vassili Vladimir]

Hi,

My program generates this value 1.1574074074074073E-5

I want to format it as 1.15 or 1.16

How can I achieve it ?

Thanks,

[Ulf Dittmer]

That's what the java.text.NumberFormat class does. Its setMaximumFractionDigits method determines how many decimal places are used.

[Vassili Vladimir]

I tried it,

i did the following:

    
NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getInstance();
numberFormat.setMinimumFractionDigits(3);

but am getting the value : 0.000

Why am I getting zeros ?

Thanks,

[Vassili Vladimir]

sorry, i forgot to mention that i used the format method passing the double value and got the output 0.000

[Vassili Vladimir]

Do i have to use the parse methods with the format ?

I did and got the value of 0 !!!

Is it because of the E-5 ?

If yes, please can you tell me what is the solution ?

Thanks,

[Vassili Vladimir]

I think that what's happening is mathematically correct !!!

[Rob Spoor]

You can also use String.format("%.3f", value) if you're using Java 1.5 or up.

But 1.1574074074074073E-5 is [n]not[/b] 1.15 or 1.16 - not even close. It is in fact 0.000011574074074074073 - the E-5 at the end means "multiply by 10^5". And that is why you get 0.000.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Originally posted by Rob Prime:
. . .the E-5 at the end means "multiply by 10^5".

Surely you meant multiply by 10^minus5?

[Rob Spoor]

Surely I did.