Java BigDecimal from String stringToBigDecimal(String src, int[] endPos)

Description

A slightly more tolerant version of the BigDecimal constructor - we allow the valid number to be followed by non-numeric characters at the end of the string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
src	the String to parse into a BigDecimal.

Return

the length of the portion of the string containing a parsable number.

Declaration

public static BigDecimal stringToBigDecimal(String src, int[] endPos)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.math.BigDecimal;

public class Main {
    /**
     * A slightly more tolerant version of the BigDecimal constructor - we allow
     * the valid number to be followed by non-numeric characters at the end of
     * the string.
     * 
     * @param src
     *            the String to parse into a BigDecimal.
     * @return the length of the portion of the string containing a parsable
     *         number.
     */
    public static BigDecimal stringToBigDecimal(String src, int[] endPos) {

        int endIndex = src.length();
        while (!Character.isDigit(src.charAt(endIndex - 1))) {
            endIndex--;
        }
        BigDecimal value = new BigDecimal(src.substring(0, endIndex));

        endPos[0] = endIndex;
        return value;
    }
}