Java BigDecimal Subtract subtract(float a, BigDecimal b_bd)

Description

Convert the float parameter into BigDecimal, subtract and return BigDecimal

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
a	Value1 to be subtracted.
b_bd	value2 to be subtracted.

Return

BigDecimal value a - b_bd

Declaration

public static BigDecimal subtract(float a, BigDecimal b_bd) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from   w  w  w. j  a va2  s. c o m
 *  Copyright 2009 Welocalize, Inc. 
 *  
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at 
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *  
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *  limitations under the License.
 *  
 */

import java.math.BigDecimal;

public class Main {
    /**
     *  Convert two float parameters into bigdecimal,
     *  Subtract and return float value.
     * @param a value1 to be subtracted
     * @param b value2 to be subtracted
     * @return float value <tt>a - b</tt>
     */
    public static float subtract(float a, float b) {
        BigDecimal a_bd = new BigDecimal(Float.toString(a));
        BigDecimal b_bd = new BigDecimal(Float.toString(b));

        return a_bd.subtract(b_bd).floatValue();
    }

    /**
     * Convert the float parameter into <code>BigDecimal</code>, 
     * subtract and return <code>BigDecimal</code>
     * @param a Value1 to be subtracted.
     * @param b_bd value2 to be subtracted.
     * @return BigDecimal value <tt>a - b_bd</tt>
     */
    public static BigDecimal subtract(float a, BigDecimal b_bd) {
        BigDecimal a_bd = new BigDecimal(Float.toString(a));
        return a_bd.subtract(b_bd);
    }
}

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