Java Data Type Tutorial - Java BigDecimal.toPlainString()

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Syntax

BigDecimal.toPlainString() has the following syntax.

public String toPlainString()

Example

In the following code shows how to use BigDecimal.toPlainString() 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(3); // 3 precision

    BigDecimal bg = new BigDecimal("1234E+4", mc);

    System.out.println("Plain string value of " + bg + " is " + bg.toPlainString());
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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