java.math.BigDecimal.abs(MathContext mc)

Description Of BigDecimal: abs(MathContext mc)

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

BigDecimal.abs(MathContext mc) method returns abs(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) {
  MathContext mc = new MathContext(3);
  MathContext mc1 = new MathContext(4);

  BigDecimal bg1 = new BigDecimal("123.1234");

  // assign absolute value of bg1 to bg2 rounded to 2 precision using mc
  BigDecimal bg2 = bg1.abs(mc);

  // assign absolute value of bg1 to bg3 rounded to 4 precision using mc1
  BigDecimal bg3 = bg1.abs(mc1);

  System.out.println(bg2);
  System.out.println(bg3);
 }
}