Java Format - Java DecimalFormat .setNegativePrefix (String newValue)

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Syntax

DecimalFormat.setNegativePrefix(String newValue) has the following syntax.

public void setNegativePrefix(String newValue)

Example

In the following code shows how to use DecimalFormat.setNegativePrefix(String newValue) method.

import java.text.DecimalFormat;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    DecimalFormat format = new DecimalFormat();
    format.setNegativePrefix("minus");
    System.out.println(format.format(-123456789.12345678));

  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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