Java Data Type Tutorial - Java BigDecimal.add(BigDecimal augend, MathContext mc)

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Syntax

BigDecimal.add(BigDecimal augend, MathContext mc) has the following syntax.

public BigDecimal add(BigDecimal augend,  MathContext mc)

Example

In the following code shows how to use BigDecimal.add(BigDecimal augend, MathContext mc) method.

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import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.math.MathContext;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    BigDecimal bg1 = new BigDecimal("12.345");
    BigDecimal bg2 = new BigDecimal("23.456");

    System.out.println("Object Value is " + bg1);
    System.out.println("Augend value is " + bg2);

    // create MathContext object with 4 precision
    MathContext mc = new MathContext(4);

    // perform add operation on bg1 with augend bg2 and context mc
    BigDecimal bg3 = bg1.add(bg2, mc);

    System.out.println("Result is " + bg3);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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