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BigDecimal inaccurate rounding with Rounding.HALF_UP

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    • os_x

      ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
      OSX, JDK 12,8

      A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
      Wrong rounding :
                  double value = .0002755d;
              BigDecimal bd = new BigDecimal(value);
              bd = bd.setScale(6, RoundingMode.HALF_UP);
              System.out.println(String.format("%.7f", bd.doubleValue()));
              

      is returning:
      0.0002750
      should be
      0.0002760


      STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
              double value = .0002755d;
              BigDecimal bd = new BigDecimal(value);
              bd = bd.setScale(6, RoundingMode.HALF_UP);
              System.out.println(String.format("%.7f", bd.doubleValue()));

      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
      0.0002760
      ACTUAL -
      0.0002750

      ---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
              double value = .0002755d;
              BigDecimal bd = new BigDecimal(value);
              bd = bd.setScale(6, RoundingMode.HALF_UP);
              System.out.println(String.format("%.7f", bd.doubleValue()));
      ---------- END SOURCE ----------

      CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
      System.out.println(String.format("%.6f", value));

      FREQUENCY : always


            psonal Pallavi Sonal (Inactive)
            webbuggrp Webbug Group
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