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Formatting Servlet output (double precision) - Help Required.

 
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Hi,
We have a Form that accepts many fields for user to Input.
Here is the problem...
Example: Assume 2 fields qty (for getting quantity from the user) and unitprice ( accepts unit price from the user).
Inside the servlet...
String unitprice = req.getParameter("unitprice");
double unitprc = Double.valueOf(unitprice).doubleValue();
String qty = req.getParameter("qty");
int quantity = Integer.parseInt(qty);
double total=0.00
total = quantity * unitprc;
When this total field is printed, it gives the output with single precision (decimal) like 25.0 etc.
Here is an example: If qty=5 and unitprice=4.0 or 4.00 or 4
the total reflects only 20.0
Actaully, the output is expected to be something like 20.00 (i.e with 2 decimal places)
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Suresh Selvaraj
 
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Check out the DecimalFormat class in java.text. package.
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I think it is due to multiplication of int and double.
Try as
total = (double) quantity * unitprc

Originally posted by Suresh Selvaraj:
Hi,
We have a Form that accepts many fields for user to Input.
Here is the problem...
Example: Assume 2 fields qty (for getting quantity from the user) and unitprice ( accepts unit price from the user).
Inside the servlet...
String unitprice = req.getParameter("unitprice");
double unitprc = Double.valueOf(unitprice).doubleValue();
String qty = req.getParameter("qty");
int quantity = Integer.parseInt(qty);
double total=0.00
total = quantity * unitprc;
When this total field is printed, it gives the output with single precision (decimal) like 25.0 etc.
Here is an example: If qty=5 and unitprice=4.0 or 4.00 or 4
the total reflects only 20.0
Actaully, the output is expected to be something like 20.00 (i.e with 2 decimal places)
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Suresh Selvaraj



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Looks like I am the java.math.BigDecimal advocate of the day. Try this,
try {
java.math.BigDecimal unitPriceBigDecimal = new java.math.BigDecimal(req.getParameter("unitprice"));
java.math.BigDecimal quantityBigDecimal = new java.math.BigDecimal(req.getParameter("qty"));
java.math.BigDecimal totalBigDecimal = unitPriceBigDecimal.multiply(quantityBigDecimal);
totalBigDecimal = totalBigDecimal.setScale(2, java.math.BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_UP);
}
catch (NumberFormatException e) {
}
catch (Exception e) {
}
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Hi All,
Thanks very much for your reply. I tried using java.text.DecimalFormat class and I was able to get the required output.
Thanks very much.
Suresh Selvaraj
 
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