how to negative bigdecimal's value in android

Question

i have a Big Decimal like this for example. i want to negative it's value. it has a string.

String a = "65";
BigDecimal example = new BigDecimal(a);
//i want to have (-65)

try `Math.multiplyExact(example.intValue(), -1)` – Mohammed Elrashied Apr 26 '17 at 10:02 — Mohammed Elrashied, Apr 26 '17 at 10:02

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 26 '17 at 10:27

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String a = "65";
BigDecimal example = new BigDecimal(a);
System.out.println( example.negate() ); // prints -65

answered Apr 26 '17 at 10:27

sinclair

@sinclair: I'm not sure sorena has seen or understood that yet. – Rudy Velthuis Apr 27 '17 at 09:55
@sinclair :DD im really sorry. the moment i was noob and actually i made another account with another email. all of a sudden i just logged in into this account and saw your comment. marked it. sorry for the delay :D – sorena May 08 '18 at 11:31

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