How do I print a double value without scientific notation using Java?

Question

I want to print a double value in Java without exponential form.

double dexp = 12345678;
System.out.println(\"dexp: \"+dexp);

It shows this

Answer 1

I've got another solution involving BigDecimal's toPlainString(), but this time using the String-constructor, which is recommended in the javadoc:

this constructor is compatible with the values returned by Float.toString and Double.toString. This is generally the preferred way to convert a float or double into a BigDecimal, as it doesn't suffer from the unpredictability of the BigDecimal(double) constructor.

It looks like this in its shortest form:

return new BigDecimal(myDouble.toString()).stripTrailingZeros().toPlainString();

Pre Java 8, this results in "0.0" for any zero-valued Doubles, so you would need to add:

if (myDouble.doubleValue() == 0)
    return "0";

NaN and infinite values have to be checked extra.

The final result of all these considerations:

public static String doubleToString(Double d) {
    if (d == null)
        return null;
    if (d.isNaN() || d.isInfinite())
        return d.toString();

    // Pre Java 8, a value of 0 would yield "0.0" below
    if (d.doubleValue() == 0)
        return "0";
    return new BigDecimal(d.toString()).stripTrailingZeros().toPlainString();
}

This can also be copied/pasted to work nicely with Float.