BigDecimal Comparison

In this chapter you will learn:

  1. How to compare two BigDecimal values
  2. A demo to use to compareTo() method on BigDecimal

Compare two BigDecimal

  • int compareTo(BigDecimal val)
    Compares this BigDecimal with the specified BigDecimal.
  • booleanequals(Object x)
    Compares this BigDecimal with the specified Object for equality.

compareTo(BigDecimal val) returns:

ReturnMeaning
-1this BigDecimal is numerically less than val
0this BigDecimal is numerically equal to val
1this BigDecimal is numerically greater than val.

Use compareTo method

import java.math.BigDecimal;
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public class Main {
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        BigDecimal first = new BigDecimal(-1f);
        BigDecimal second = new BigDecimal(10f);
 
 
        System.out.println(first.compareTo(second));
    }
}

The output:

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What you will learn in the next chapter:

  1. How to Convert BigDecimal to String
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    BigDecimal creation
    BigDecimal calculation
    BigDecimal convert
    BigDecimal Comparison
    BigDecimal to String
    BigDecimal decimal point
    BigDecimal precision
    BigDecimal format

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    BigInteger prime value
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    BigDecimal constants
    BigDecimal Rounding mode
    BigDecimal creation
    BigDecimal calculation
    BigDecimal convert
    BigDecimal Comparison
    BigDecimal to String
    BigDecimal decimal point
    BigDecimal precision
    BigDecimal format