Java Data Type Tutorial - Java BigDecimal .multiply (BigDecimal multiplicand, MathContext mc)

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Syntax

BigDecimal.multiply(BigDecimal multiplicand, MathContext mc) has the following syntax.

public BigDecimal multiply(BigDecimal multiplicand,   MathContext mc)

Example

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

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

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    MathContext mc = new MathContext(4); // 4 precision

    BigDecimal bg1 = new BigDecimal("1.230");
    BigDecimal bg2 = new BigDecimal("4.560");

    // multiply bg1 with bg2 using mc
    BigDecimal bg3 = bg1.multiply(bg2, mc);

    System.out.println(bg3);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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