Java Format - Java DecimalFormat(String pattern) Constructor

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Syntax

DecimalFormat(String pattern) constructor from DecimalFormat has the following syntax.

public DecimalFormat(String pattern)

Example

In the following code shows how to use DecimalFormat.DecimalFormat(String pattern) constructor.

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

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {

    NumberFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat("0.00");
    String s = formatter.format(-.567); // -0.57
    System.out.println(s);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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