Java java.math BigDecimal scaleByPowerOfTen(int n)

Description Of BigDecimal: scaleByPowerOfTen(int n)

The java.math.BigDecimal.scaleByPowerOfTen(int n) returns a BigDecimal whose numerical value is equal to ( this * 10ⁿ ). The scale of the result is (this.scale() - n).

BigDecimal.scaleByPowerOfTen(int n) method returns a BigDecimal whose numerical value is equal to ( this * 10ⁿ ). The scale of the result is (this.scale() - n).

Code Example Java BigDecimal

import java.math.BigDecimal;

public class BigDecimalExam {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  BigDecimal bg1 = new BigDecimal("123.000");
  BigDecimal bg2 = new BigDecimal("12300");

  BigDecimal bg3 = bg1.scaleByPowerOfTen(3);
  BigDecimal bg4 = bg2.scaleByPowerOfTen(-3);

  String str1 = bg1 + " raised to 10 power 3 is " + bg3;
  String str2 = bg2 + " raised to 10 power -3 is " + bg4;

  System.out.println(str1);
  System.out.println(str2);
 }
}