Java BigDecimal .compareTo (BigDecimal val)
Syntax
BigDecimal.compareTo(BigDecimal val) has the following syntax.
public int compareTo(BigDecimal val)
Example
In the following code shows how to use BigDecimal.compareTo(BigDecimal val) method.
import java.math.BigDecimal;
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public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
BigDecimal bg1 = new BigDecimal("10");
BigDecimal bg2 = new BigDecimal("20");
int res = bg1.compareTo(bg2); // compare bg1 with bg2
String str1 = "Both values are equal ";
String str2 = "First Value is greater ";
String str3 = "Second value is greater";
if (res == 0)
System.out.println(str1);
else if (res == 1)
System.out.println(str2);
else if (res == -1)
System.out.println(str3);
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
