Java Math.pow() Rounding Error

Question

I\'m having trouble with (what I suspect is) a rounding error.

I have a string, 0.686357E-01, which I\'m trying to convert to a double. I\'ve been able to s

Answer 1

Floating point numbers do not have perfect precision. If that is an issue, use BigDecimal:

String string = "0.686357E-01";
BigDecimal number = new BigDecimal(string);
System.out.println(number);