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Class ScientificNotationBigDecimal

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public class ScientificNotationBigDecimal

extends java.lang.Object

Represents a BigDecimal in base-10 scientific notation.

Details: A ScientificNotationBigDecimal is a base-10 scientific notation representation of a BigDecimal.

Example: Print bd, a BigDecimal, in scientific notation.

	ScientificNotationBigDecimal snbd = new ScientificNotationBigDecimal (bd);
	System.out . print (snbd . mantissa + "*10^" + snbd . exponent);
	// or: System.out . print (snbd . toString ());

Version:

2000.02.22

See Also:

BigDecimal

Field Summary

int	exponent The exponent.
java.math.BigDecimal	mantissa The mantissa.

Constructor Summary

ScientificNotationBigDecimal(java.math.BigDecimal bd)
Initializes a new ScientificNotationBigDecimal with the specified value.

ScientificNotationBigDecimal(double d)
Initializes a new ScientificNotationBigDecimal with the specified value.

ScientificNotationBigDecimal(float f)
Initializes a new ScientificNotationBigDecimal with the specified value.

Method Summary

java.lang.String

toString() Generates a string representation of the value represented by this BigDecimal.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

mantissa

public final java.math.BigDecimal mantissa

The mantissa.

exponent

public final int exponent

The exponent.

Constructor Detail

ScientificNotationBigDecimal

public ScientificNotationBigDecimal(java.math.BigDecimal bd)

Initializes a new ScientificNotationBigDecimal with the specified value.

Parameters:

bd - the value

ScientificNotationBigDecimal

public ScientificNotationBigDecimal(float f)

Initializes a new ScientificNotationBigDecimal with the specified value.

Parameters:

f - the value

ScientificNotationBigDecimal

public ScientificNotationBigDecimal(double d)

Initializes a new ScientificNotationBigDecimal with the specified value.

Parameters:

d - the value

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Generates a string representation of the value represented by this BigDecimal. The form is "M*10^E", where M is the mantissa and E is the exponent.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a string representation of this instance