Format a number with leading sign
Solution 1
Use a negative subpattern, as described in the javadoc for DecimalFormat.
DecimalFormat fmt = new DecimalFormat("+#,##0.00;-#");
System.out.println(fmt.format(98787654.897));
System.out.println(fmt.format(-98787654.897));
produces (in my French locale where space is the grouping separator and the comma is the decimal separator) :
+98 787 654,90
-98 787 654,90
Solution 2
API for Formatter provides an example:
Formatter formatter = new Formatter();
System.out.println(formatter.format(Locale.FRANCE, "e = %+10.4f", Math.E));
//e = +2,7183
Solution 3
I did:
private NumberFormat plusMinusNF = new DecimalFormat("+#;-#");
Integer newBalance = (Integer) binds.get("newBalance");
bindsForUpdate.put("plusMinus", plusMinusNF.format(newBalance));
which formatted positive integers, e.g. 5 to "+5" and negative integers, e.g -7 to "-7" (as expected)
Solution 4
It requires a little tweaking of the DecimalFormat returned by NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance() to do it in a locale-independent manner. Here's what I did (tested on Android):
DecimalFormat formatter = (DecimalFormat)NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(); String symbol = formatter.getCurrency().getSymbol(); formatter.setNegativePrefix(symbol+"-"); // or "-"+symbol if that's what you need formatter.setNegativeSuffix("");
IIRC, Currency.getSymbol() may not return a value for all locales for all systems, but it should work for the major ones (and I think it has a reasonable fallback on its own, so you shouldn't have to do anything)
Source: Format negative amount of USD with a minus sign, not brackets (Java)
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usr-local-ΕΨΗΕΛΩΝ over 4 years
How do I format in Java a number with its leading sign?
Negative numbers are correctly displayed with leading
-
, but obviously positive numbers are not displayed with+
.How to do that in Java? My current currency format string is
\#\#\#,\#\#\#,\#\#\#,\#\#\#,\#\#0.00
(yes, I need to format positive/negative currency values) -
humblerookie over 3 yearsAdditionally for Kotlin users we can do something like this
val pattern ="%+.2f"; val num =1.232432432f ; println(pattern.format(a));
outputs+1.23