Re: offtopic : to truncate a double

2001-08-28 Thread Rajinder Sandhu
m(234.8987)); } } -Original Message- From: Chris Pratt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: offtopic : to truncate a double Take a look at the java.text.DecimalFormat() (*Chris*) - Original Message - From: "Richa

Re: offtopic : to truncate a double

2001-08-28 Thread Ashish Shrestha
Hi for working with numbers and date check out the java.text package. In your case, try the java.text.DecimalFormat. You could also round a number to two decimal places by multiplying it by tens multiple, taking the integral part and dividing by tens multiple. Ex x = x * 100; x = integral part

Re: offtopic : to truncate a double

2001-08-28 Thread Chris Pratt
Take a look at the java.text.DecimalFormat() (*Chris*) - Original Message - From: "Richard Yee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 1:09 PM Subject: Re: [JSP-INTEREST] offtopic : to truncate a double > Raj, >

Re: offtopic : to truncate a double

2001-08-28 Thread Richard Yee
Raj, There is not a method that truncates a double to a certain precision. Check out this link for an explanation on Performing Exact Calculations With Floating-Point Numbers http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/JDCTechTips/2001/tt0807.html Basically, can either use the BigDecimal class that

Re: offtopic : to truncate a double

2001-08-27 Thread Senthil Raja V
Hi. you can check out the following methods in math class. round(double a) Returns the closest long to the argument. round(float a) Returns the closest int to the argument. Hope this helps you. rgds Senthil At 09:53 PM 27/08/2001 -0700, you wrote: >Hi all, > >i have variable double x = 34.89

offtopic : to truncate a double

2001-08-27 Thread Rajinder Sandhu
Hi all, i have variable double x = 34.8976 ; i want only 2 digits after decimal. Is there any method returning double and gives value x = 34.89 ??? Cheers!! Raj === To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "sign