Here you can find the source of format(double val)
public static String format(double val)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************** * * Copyright 2011 Brendan O'Fallon// www .j a v a 2 s.c o m * * 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.text.DecimalFormat; import java.text.NumberFormat; public class Main { static NumberFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat("0.0###"); public static String format(double val) { if (Double.isNaN(val)) { return "?"; } double absVal = Math.abs(val); if (absVal > 1) formatter.setMaximumFractionDigits(1); else { double log = Math.log10(absVal); int dig = -1 * (int) Math.round(log) + 1; formatter.setMaximumFractionDigits(dig); } return formatter.format(val); } public static String format(double val, int digits) { double absVal = Math.abs(val); if (absVal > 1) formatter.setMaximumFractionDigits(digits); else { double log = Math.log10(absVal); int dig = -1 * (int) Math.round(log) + digits; formatter.setMaximumFractionDigits(dig); } return formatter.format(val); } }