Java DecimalFormat .setNegativeSuffix (String newValue)

Syntax

DecimalFormat.setNegativeSuffix(String newValue) has the following syntax.

public void setNegativeSuffix(String newValue)

Example

In the following code shows how to use DecimalFormat.setNegativeSuffix(String newValue) method.


import java.text.DecimalFormat;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    DecimalFormat format = new DecimalFormat();
    format.setNegativeSuffix("minus");
    System.out.println(format.format(-123456789.12345678));

  }
}

The code above generates the following result.





















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