How to display a number with many decimal places? (Java)

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I was wondering if there is a way to "cheat" and work with numbers with way more decimal places than a double in Java, and then display it via [Graphics Object].drawString(number, 10, 10);

Can I do this?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 19 '11 at 00:53

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Try the BigDecimal class.

http://download.oracle.com/javase/1,5.0/docs/api/java/math/BigDecimal.html

answered Oct 19 '11 at 00:53

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does it support decimals with over 100 digits beyond the decimal point? – Dylan Wheeler Oct 19 '11 at 00:55
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@JavaCoder-1337 yes, see the Javadoc. – user207421 Oct 19 '11 at 01:07
It won't let me set a value to the BigDecimal variable. I want a BigDecimal, but it says that I am trying to make a double (on one side) a BigDecimal. I tried casting to BigDecimal, but it won't work. – Dylan Wheeler Oct 19 '11 at 11:57

How to display a number with many decimal places? (Java)

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