Java BigDecimal matchScale(BigDecimal[] val)

Description

Helper to set the scale of two BigDecimal objects to be the same and equal to the higher of the two.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
val	An array of two BigDecimal objects.

Declaration

private static void matchScale(BigDecimal[] val) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w w  w. j a va  2s  .c  o m*/
 * Integrated Rule Inference System (IRIS):
 * An extensible rule inference system for datalog with extensions.
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2008 Semantic Technology Institute (STI) Innsbruck, 
 * University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 21a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, 
 * MA  02110-1301, USA.
 */

import java.math.BigDecimal;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Helper to set the scale of two BigDecimal objects to be the same and
     * equal to the higher of the two.
     * 
     * @param val
     *            An array of two BigDecimal objects.
     */
    private static void matchScale(BigDecimal[] val) {
        if (val[0].scale() < val[1].scale())
            val[0] = val[0].setScale(val[1].scale());
        else if (val[1].scale() < val[0].scale())
            val[1] = val[1].setScale(val[0].scale());
    }
}

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