Java float 123.129456 to 123.12 without rounding

Question

How do you cut down float primitive in java to two decimal places, without using rounding?:

123.99999 to 123.99
-8.022222 to         


        

Answer 1

The easy way to use DecimalFormat:

DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0.00");
float f = -8.0222222f;
f = Float.parseFloat(df.format(f));
System.out.println(f);