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How to print a float with 2 decimal places in Java?


Can I do it with System.out.print?


Solution

  • You can use the printf method, like so:

    System.out.printf("%.2f", val);
    

    In short, the %.2f syntax tells Java to return your variable (val) with 2 decimal places (.2) in decimal representation of a floating-point number (f) from the start of the format specifier (%).

    There are other conversion characters you can use besides f: