Java Double Number Divide divide(float a, float b)

Description

Convert two float parameters into bigdecimal, divide together and return float value.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
a	value1 to be divide
b	value2 to be divide

Return

float value a * b

Declaration

public static float divide(float a, float b) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//w ww.  j  a v a  2 s .c om
 *  Copyright 2009 Welocalize, Inc. 
 *  
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at 
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *  
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *  limitations under the License.
 *  
 */

import java.math.BigDecimal;

public class Main {
    /**
    * Convert two float parameters into bigdecimal, divide together 
    * and return float value.
    * @param a value1 to be divide
    * @param b value2 to be divide
    * @return float value <tt>a * b</tt>
    */
    public static float divide(float a, float b) {
        BigDecimal a_bd = new BigDecimal(Float.toString(a));
        BigDecimal b_bd = new BigDecimal(Float.toString(b));

        return a_bd.divide(b_bd, 2).floatValue();
    }
}

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