Java Data Type Tutorial - Java BigDecimal.negate(MathContext mc)

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Syntax

BigDecimal.negate(MathContext mc) has the following syntax.

public BigDecimal negate(MathContext mc)

Example

In the following code shows how to use BigDecimal.negate(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

    // assign value to bg1
    BigDecimal bg1 = new BigDecimal("123.1234");

    // assign negate value of bg1 to bg2 using mc
    BigDecimal bg2 = bg1.negate(mc);

    System.out.println(bg2);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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