I understand that BigDecimal is the most accurate way to express currency because treating currency values as a floating-point data type tends to cause rounding errors. However, I also understand that BigDecimal calculations require more memory. That said, is using BigDecimal instead of float or double really the best practice for programs that deal with currency values? If I make
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Android currency symbol ordering
I’m getting on devices with not-english locale, the english currencies formated like this: 1 $ If I have english locale I get euro currency like: € 1 Using Found in the documentation: http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Currency.html#getSymbol() Returns the localized currency symbol for this currency in locale. That is, given “USD” and Locale.US, you’d get “$”, but given “USD” and a non-US locale, you’d
Parsing prices with Currency Symbol in Java
I want to parse a String that i have into a Number. This is the Code that i’m using but not working: This results in a java.text.ParseException So i want to match the String into a number, i don’t really care about the currency, but it would be nice to have. I want the following kind of Strings matched: Sure,
How to format decimals in a currency format?
Is there a way to format a decimal as following: If it is a round number, omit the decimal part. Otherwise format with two decimal places. Answer I doubt it. The problem is that 100 is never 100 if it’s a float, it’s normally 99.9999999999 or 100.0000001 or something like that. If you do want to format it that way,
Format negative amount of USD with a minus sign, not brackets (Java)
How do I get NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance() to print negative USD currency values with a minus sign? Answer Since I faced this problem again, I did some research and found a more resilient solution provided by the ICU: Check the API documentation of NumberFormatter for more details.