returns a nominal percentage (like 5.2%) as a fraction (0.052). - Java java.lang

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Description

returns a nominal percentage (like 5.2%) as a fraction (0.052).

Demo Code

/*//  w  ww.  j  a  v a 2s.  c o  m
 Anders H?fft, note: This class was downloaded as a quick, and temprory, way of getting a BigDecimal ln() method. 
 The code belongs to Cyclos. See comment below:

 This file is part of Cyclos (www.cyclos.org).
 A project of the Social Trade Organisation (www.socialtrade.org).
 Cyclos is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 Cyclos is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 */
//package com.java2s;
import java.math.BigDecimal;

import java.math.MathContext;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        BigDecimal bigDecimal = new BigDecimal("1234");
        System.out.println(asPercentFraction(bigDecimal));
    }

    private static final int MAX_PRECISION = 10;
    public static final BigDecimal ONE_HUNDRED = new BigDecimal(100.0);

    /**
     * returns a nominal percentage (like 5.2%) as a fraction (0.052).
     * @return the BigDecimal divided by 100. In the above example this would be 0.052.
     */
    public static BigDecimal asPercentFraction(final BigDecimal bigDecimal) {
        final MathContext mathContext = new MathContext(MAX_PRECISION);
        return bigDecimal.divide(ONE_HUNDRED, mathContext);
    }
}

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