Java Data Type Tutorial - Java BigDecimal .multiply (BigDecimal multiplicand, MathContext mc)








Syntax

BigDecimal.multiply(BigDecimal multiplicand, MathContext mc) has the following syntax.

public BigDecimal multiply(BigDecimal multiplicand,   MathContext mc)

Example

In the following code shows how to use BigDecimal.multiply(BigDecimal multiplicand, MathContext mc) method.

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import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.math.MathContext;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    MathContext mc = new MathContext(4); // 4 precision

    BigDecimal bg1 = new BigDecimal("1.230");
    BigDecimal bg2 = new BigDecimal("4.560");

    // multiply bg1 with bg2 using mc
    BigDecimal bg3 = bg1.multiply(bg2, mc);

    System.out.println(bg3);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.