ArithmeticException thrown during BigDecimal.divide

Question

I thought java.math.BigDecimal is supposed to be The Answer™ to the need of performing infinite precision arithmetic with decimal numbers.

Consider the followi

Answer 1

To divide save, you have to set the MATHcontext,

BigDecimal bd = new BigDecimal(12.12, MathContext.DECIMAL32).divide(new BigDecimal(2)).setScale(2, RoundingMode.HALF_UP);