Name: dfC67450 Date: 01/26/98



java.text.DecimalFormat.format(double, StringBuffer, FieldPosition) formats -0.0
as -0 whereas -0.0001 as 0.
 
Here is the test demonstrating the bug:

-----------------Test.java------------------------
import java.text.*;

public class Test {
    public static void main (String args[]){
        DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat();
        double d1 = -0.0;
        double d2 = -0.0001;
        System.out.println("pattern: \"" + df.toPattern() + "\"");
        System.out.println(d1 + " is formatted as " +
                df.format(d1, new StringBuffer(), new FieldPosition(0)));
        System.out.println(d2 + " is formatted as " +
                df.format(d2, new StringBuffer(), new FieldPosition(0)));
    }
}

---------Output from the test---------------------
pattern: "#,##0.###"
-0.0 is formatted as -0
-1.0E-4 is formatted as 0
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