Name: stC104175 Date: 06/30/2000


java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)

Formatting of BigDecimal Numbers of more than 15 digits produce false result.
Maybe the double Problem mentioned in: 4212074, 4106664, 4329840, 4330671
reported against JDK 1.2.X

DecimalFormat DFormat
=(DecimalFormat) (NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(new Locale("en", "us")));
DFormat.setDecimalSeparatorAlwaysShown(false);

BigDecimal BD15=new BigDecimal("999999999999999");
BigDecimal BD16=new BigDecimal("9999999999999999");

System.out.println(DFormat.format(BD15));
System.out.println(DFormat.format(BD16));

999,999,999,999,999
10,000,000,000,000,000
(Review ID: 106749)
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