Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; public class Main { /** * When the amount is stored as a long it is in pennies...so $10.25 is stored * as 1025 pennies. This method will convert 1025 into the string 10.25 * * @param amount * @return */ public static String convertAmount(Long amount) { String displayAmount = "0.00"; if (amount != null) { displayAmount = amount.toString(); if (displayAmount.length() > 2) { displayAmount = displayAmount.substring(0, displayAmount.length() - 2) + "." + displayAmount.substring(displayAmount.length() - 2, displayAmount.length()); } else { displayAmount = "0." + displayAmount; } } return displayAmount; } /** * When the amount is displayed as a string it is 10.25 but when stored as a * long it needs to be converted to pennies as 1025 * * @param amount * @return */ public static Long convertAmount(String displayAmount) { Long amount = 0L; if (displayAmount != null && displayAmount.matches("^\\d+.\\d\\d$")) { displayAmount = displayAmount.substring(0, displayAmount.length() - 3) + displayAmount.substring(displayAmount.length() - 2, displayAmount.length()); amount = new Long(displayAmount); } return amount; } }