Java java.math BigDecimal negate(MathContext mc)

Description Of BigDecimal: negate(MathContext mc)

The java.math.BigDecimal.negate(MathContext mc) returns a BigDecimal whose value is (-this) , with rounding according to the context settings.

BigDecimal.negate(MathContext mc) method returns -this , rounded as necessary.

Code Example Java BigDecimal

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.math.MathContext;

public class BigDecimalExam {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  BigDecimal bg1 = new BigDecimal("-75.312");
  BigDecimal bg2 = new BigDecimal("25.24212");

  MathContext mc = new MathContext(4);// 4 precision
  
  BigDecimal bg3 = bg1.negate(mc);
  BigDecimal bg4 = bg2.negate(mc);

  // print bg3, bg4 values
  System.out.println(bg3);
  System.out.println(bg4);
 }
}