Java tutorial
import java.text.DecimalFormat; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { DecimalFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat("#E0"); // exponent can be any // value String s = formatter.format(-1234.567); System.out.println(s); s = formatter.format(-.1234567); System.out.println(s); } } //-.1E4 //-.1E0