Java BigDecimal Subtract subtract(BigDecimal minuend, BigDecimal subtrahend)

Description

Subtracts one decimal from another returning the result.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
minuend	The decimal to be subtracted from.
subtrahend	The decimal to be subtracted.

Return

The result of subtracting the subtrahend from the minuend.

Declaration

public static BigDecimal subtract(BigDecimal minuend, BigDecimal subtrahend) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*w  w w . ja va  2  s .  c om*/
 * The MIT License (MIT)
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2015 Lachlan Dowding
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
 * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 * SOFTWARE.
 */

import java.math.BigDecimal;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Subtracts one decimal from another returning the result.
     *
     * @param minuend    The decimal to be subtracted from.
     * @param subtrahend The decimal to be subtracted.
     * @return The result of subtracting the subtrahend from the minuend.
     */
    public static BigDecimal subtract(BigDecimal minuend, BigDecimal subtrahend) {
        BigDecimal result = null;

        if (minuend != null && subtrahend != null) {
            result = minuend.subtract(subtrahend);
        }

        return result;
    }
}

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