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Formatting a Number

  Asked By: Willie    Date: Jan 27    Category: Java    Views: 711
  

I'd like to format a Number, say, a float or a double, as a String in
the Format 999,999.99 and then display it.

How can this be done ?

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7 Answers Found

 
Answer #1    Answered By: Al Allen     Answered On: Jan 27

yes it cain it is double.tostring("the number")

 
Answer #2    Answered By: Viola Hanson     Answered On: Jan 27

Thanks for the reply.

toString returns a default String. As far as I am aware, it does not
provide the flexibility to format  this String in a programmer-
specifiable manner.

I really wanted to ask if there is a ready-made method to format a
number in a programmer-specifiable manner.

 
Answer #3    Answered By: Arthur Cole     Answered On: Jan 27

You can use the java.text package. It provides a variety of formats.

 
Answer #4    Answered By: Jim Williamson     Answered On: Jan 27

You should use the class java.text.DecimalFormat. I haven't used it
myself, so I can't help you much more, but this is probably the class
you need.

 
Answer #5    Answered By: Sherri Parker     Answered On: Jan 27

Here is a quick example:

import java.text.DecimalFormat;

class Format{
public static void main(String[] args){
String input = "12345678.2";
DecimalFormat formatter = new
DecimalFormat("#,###,###.00");
String s = formatter.format(
Double.parseDouble(input) );
System.out.println( s );
}
}

 
Answer #6    Answered By: Rachel Barnes     Answered On: Jan 27

the following link have the needede information

java.sun.com/.../decimalFormat.html

 
Answer #7    Answered By: Julio Morgan     Answered On: Jan 27

u can try this...

new
java.text.DecimalFormat("###,###.##").format(1234567890.123d)

 
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