Java DecimalFormat .applyPattern (String pattern)
Syntax
DecimalFormat.applyPattern(String pattern) has the following syntax.
public void applyPattern(String pattern)
Example
In the following code shows how to use DecimalFormat.applyPattern(String pattern) method.
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
/*w w w .j a va 2 s. c om*/
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
DecimalFormat format = new DecimalFormat();
format.applyPattern("##.##");
System.out.println(format.format(-123456789.12345678));
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
