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Thread: Limiting decimal places in a double

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    Default Limiting decimal places in a double

    When i write in my program

    double pi = Math.PI;

    This will give me a value of PI accurate to many decimal places, but what if i want to limit this number
    lets say to 3 decimal places..
    Is there such a method in Java?

    (Im not talking here only about the value of Math.PI or Math.E, but about all double values that contain
    many decimal places)


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    Default Re: Limiting decimal places in a double

    yes... to show the output into 3 decimal place.. you have to use..

    System.out.printf ("%.3f" , Math.PI);

    This will convert the output into 3 decimal places. In other output system like System.out.print or System.out.println you cannot format the output, but in System.out.printf(); you can format the output as like this problem.
    Now if you want to change the output for example into 2 decimal place.... then you will use
    ("%.2f", Math.PI); rather than ("%.3f" , Math.PI).....

    Whatever number you put after the %. sign..( it's the remainder sign & fullstop just after the % sign) and the type like decimal or floating or double value..for integer you put %d and for floating and double you put (%.f) .
    if the value is floating or double value then you will have to use (%.2f) but if its an ineger value then you will have to use (%d) { no full stop after the % sign for an integer value )} rather than (%.f){ full stop after % sign if its double for floating numer}

    then output into that much decimal place... now if you choose to 5 decimal place then you will have to put ("%.5f" , Math.PI);
    now you don't have to use the System.out.printf to format the output.. i just showed this to tell the difference of System.out.print or println with System.out.printf (); method to show the output..

    you can use this (%.2f" to any case, it will just format the decimal number into whatever number you put after the ("%. f" , Math.PI) sign.

    Hope this answers your question
    Last edited by andaji; March 14th, 2010 at 12:45 AM.

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    Default Re: Limiting decimal places in a double

    You can use the DecimalFormat object at described in the following link:
    Double Formatting

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