Currently I have been using DurationFormatUtils to convert the Millis in a track into HH:mm:ss, but I want to allow the user to seek the track using this format, for example they would type: ‘-seek HH:mm:ss or mm:ss’ and I want to convert that time back into milliseconds… Are there any built…
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What is the right printf syntax when formatting a double? [closed]
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How to convert mm/dd/yy string to “Monday 7th Jan”
I have a database file with mm/dd/yy values for events, and I want to display the date as something similar to “Day(word), day(number), month(word)”. 01/07/19 into Monday 4th Jan or Monday 4 Jan or something similar. Answer You can use SimpleDateFormat to convert the string to date and then conver…
Format number with thousands separator in Excel using Apache POI
I want to format some number cells, with a comma as thousands separator. For example: I have the following code. What should I use as formatStr? Is there an easy way? Or do I have to detect the number of zeros in order to produce something like this #,###,###? Keep in mind that I’m dealing with numbers.…
Convert minutes into a human readable format
quick question. Is there a smarter/sleeker way to convert minutes into a more readable format, showing only the most significant digit? I’m using Android Studio’s Java. ie My code is very cumbersome, sloppy, and somewhat unreadable. Many thanks, J Answer Well it is possible, I figure it out and I …
Formatting a string array in java
I have a string array which has k elements. I want to print them out using System.out.format, but the issue is that I do not know k. So essentially, I want to use something like: System.out.format(“%s %s … k times”, str1, str2, … strk); (where k is a variable) I was looking through the…
Print out elements from an Array with a Comma between the elements
I am printing out elements from an ArrayList and want to have a comma after each word except the last word. Right now, I am doing it like this: It prints out the words like this: The problem is the last comma. How do I solve it? Answer Print the first word on its own if it exists. Then print
formatting a string to a currency format in jasper report
I have a string with some numeric value. I want to format it in a way where hundreds are comma separated and the number is having $ dollar sign before it. e.g. 12345 should be formatted to $ 12,345.00 I tried the below code without dollar sign: and the below one with dollar sign: However, both are giving erro…
Format a BigDecimal as String with max 2 decimal digits, removing 0 on decimal part
I have a BigDecimal number and i consider only 2 decimal places of it so i truncate it using: Now I want to print it as String but removing the decimal part if it is 0, for example: 1.00 -> 1 1.50 -> 1.5 1.99 -> 1.99 I tried using a Formatter, formatter.format but i always get the 2 decimal
How can I utilize SimpleDateFormat with Calendar?
I’ve got GregorianCalendar instances and need to use SimpleDateFormat (or maybe something that can be used with calendar but that provides required #fromat() feature) to get needed output. Please, suggest work arounds as good as permanent solutions. Answer Try this: