Java - always keep two decimal places even in zeroes

Question

I am trying to keep two decimal places, even if then numbers are zeroes, using DecimalFormatter:

DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat(\"#.00\");         


        

Answer 1

DecimalFormat and NumberFormat should work just fine. A currency instance could work even better:

import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.text.NumberFormat;

public class Foo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#0.00");

      NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getInstance();
      nf.setMinimumFractionDigits(2);
      nf.setMaximumFractionDigits(2);

      NumberFormat cf = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();

      System.out.printf("0 with df is: %s%n", df.format(0));
      System.out.printf("0 with nf is: %s%n", nf.format(0));
      System.out.printf("0 with cf is: %s%n", cf.format(0));
      System.out.println();
      System.out.printf("12345678.3843 with df is: %s%n",
            df.format(12345678.3843));
      System.out.printf("12345678.3843 with nf is: %s%n",
            nf.format(12345678.3843));
      System.out.printf("12345678.3843 with cf is: %s%n",
            cf.format(12345678.3843));
   }
}

This would output:

0 with df is: 0.00
0 with nf is: 0.00
0 with cf is: $0.00

12345678.3843 with df is: 12345678.38
12345678.3843 with nf is: 12,345,678.38
12345678.3843 with cf is: $12,345,678.38