Percentage and Deciaml conversion

[Andy Rayburn]

OK, I am new to Java. I am trying to figur out how to convert a percentage such as 15% to a decimal like .15 and then converting it back. I have done some serching but I think I am looking and asking for the wrong thing.

Thanks

[Kashyap Hosdurga]

Andy,
Can you please give more details?
If you are reading the value from STD i/p or calculating it from some other parameters.

If you are asking the user to i/p then it is pretty simple.
You can store it in a double or float variable and divide by 100.
And to convert it back you can multiply by 100 and put a % when you display.
Hope my reply helps you.

Please give more details.

Thanks,
Kashyap

[Andy Rayburn]

Thank you very much your reply did help.

[Michael Dunn]

java.text.DecimalFormat

parse()
to convert 15% to 0.15

format()
to convert 0.15 t0 15%