How to nicely format floating numbers to string without unnecessary decimal 0's

Naw, never mind. The performance loss due to string manipulation is zero.

And here's the code to trim the end after %f:

private static String trimTrailingZeros(String number) {
    if(!number.contains(".")) {
        return number;
    }

    return number.replaceAll("\\.?0*$", "");
}

float price = 4.30;
DecimalFormat format = new DecimalFormat("0.##"); // Choose the number of decimal places to work with in case they are different than zero and zero value will be removed
format.setRoundingMode(RoundingMode.DOWN); // Choose your Rounding Mode
System.out.println(format.format(price));

This is the result of some tests:

4.30     => 4.3
4.39     => 4.39  // Choose format.setRoundingMode(RoundingMode.UP) to get 4.4
4.000000 => 4
4        => 4

Use a DecimalFormat and setMinimumFractionDigits(0).

Format price with grouping, rounding, and no unnecessary zeroes (in double).

Rules:

1. No zeroes at the end (2.0000 = 2; 1.0100000 = 1.01)
2. Two digits maximum after a point (2.010 = 2.01; 0.20 = 0.2)
3. Rounding after the 2nd digit after a point (1.994 = 1.99; 1.995 = 2; 1.006 = 1.01; 0.0006 -> 0)
4. Returns 0 (null/-0 = 0)
5. Adds $ (= $56/-$56)
6. Grouping (101101.02 = $101,101.02)

More examples:

-99.985 = -$99.99

10 = $10

10.00 = $10

20.01000089 = $20.01

It is written in Kotlin as a fun extension of Double (because it is used in Android), but it can be converted to Java easily, because Java classes were used.

/**
 * 23.0 -> $23
 *
 * 23.1 -> $23.1
 *
 * 23.01 -> $23.01
 *
 * 23.99 -> $23.99
 *
 * 23.999 -> $24
 *
 * -0.0 -> $0
 *
 * -5.00 -> -$5
 *
 * -5.019 -> -$5.02
 */
fun Double?.formatUserAsSum(): String {
    return when {
        this == null || this == 0.0 -> "$0"
        this % 1 == 0.0 -> DecimalFormat("$#,##0;-$#,##0").format(this)
        else -> DecimalFormat("$#,##0.##;-$#,##0.##").format(this)
    }
}

How to use:

var yourDouble: Double? = -20.00
println(yourDouble.formatUserAsSum()) // will print -$20

yourDouble = null
println(yourDouble.formatUserAsSum()) // will print $0

About DecimalFormat: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/text/DecimalFormat.html

For Kotlin you can use an extension like:

fun Double.toPrettyString() =
    if(this - this.toLong() == 0.0)
        String.format("%d", this.toLong())
    else
        String.format("%s", this)

A simple solution with locale in mind:

double d = 123.45;
NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.GERMANY);
System.out.println(numberFormat.format(d));

Since comma is used as decimal separator in Germany, the above will print:

123,45

Here's another answer that has an option to append decimal ONLY IF decimal was not zero.

   /**
     * Example: (isDecimalRequired = true)
     * d = 12345
     * returns 12,345.00
     *
     * d = 12345.12345
     * returns 12,345.12
     *
     * ==================================================
     * Example: (isDecimalRequired = false)
     * d = 12345
     * returns 12,345 (notice that there's no decimal since it's zero)
     *
     * d = 12345.12345
     * returns 12,345.12
     *
     * @param d float to format
     * @param zeroCount number decimal places
     * @param isDecimalRequired true if it will put decimal even zero,
     * false will remove the last decimal(s) if zero.
     */
    fun formatDecimal(d: Float? = 0f, zeroCount: Int, isDecimalRequired: Boolean = true): String {
        val zeros = StringBuilder()

        for (i in 0 until zeroCount) {
            zeros.append("0")
        }

        var pattern = "#,##0"

        if (zeros.isNotEmpty()) {
            pattern += ".$zeros"
        }

        val numberFormat = DecimalFormat(pattern)

        var formattedNumber = if (d != null) numberFormat.format(d) else "0"

        if (!isDecimalRequired) {
            for (i in formattedNumber.length downTo formattedNumber.length - zeroCount) {
                val number = formattedNumber[i - 1]

                if (number == '0' || number == '.') {
                    formattedNumber = formattedNumber.substring(0, formattedNumber.length - 1)
                } else {
                    break
                }
            }
        }

        return formattedNumber
    }

I am using this for formatting numbers without trailing zeroes in our JSF application. The original built-in formatters required you to specify max numbers of fractional digits which could be useful here also in case you have too many fractional digits.

/**
 * Formats the given Number as with as many fractional digits as precision
 * available.<br>
 * This is a convenient method in case all fractional digits shall be
 * rendered and no custom format / pattern needs to be provided.<br>
 * <br>
 * This serves as a workaround for {@link NumberFormat#getNumberInstance()}
 * which by default only renders up to three fractional digits.
 *
 * @param number
 * @param locale
 * @param groupingUsed <code>true</code> if grouping shall be used
 *
 * @return
 */
public static String formatNumberFraction(final Number number, final Locale locale, final boolean groupingUsed)
{
    if (number == null)
        return null;

    final BigDecimal bDNumber = MathUtils.getBigDecimal(number);

    final NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(locale);
    numberFormat.setMaximumFractionDigits(Math.max(0, bDNumber.scale()));
    numberFormat.setGroupingUsed(groupingUsed);

    // Convert back for locale percent formatter
    return numberFormat.format(bDNumber);
}

/**
 * Formats the given Number as percent with as many fractional digits as
 * precision available.<br>
 * This is a convenient method in case all fractional digits shall be
 * rendered and no custom format / pattern needs to be provided.<br>
 * <br>
 * This serves as a workaround for {@link NumberFormat#getPercentInstance()}
 * which does not renders fractional digits.
 *
 * @param number Number in range of [0-1]
 * @param locale
 *
 * @return
 */
public static String formatPercentFraction(final Number number, final Locale locale)
{
    if (number == null)
        return null;

    final BigDecimal bDNumber = MathUtils.getBigDecimal(number).multiply(new BigDecimal(100));

    final NumberFormat percentScaleFormat = NumberFormat.getPercentInstance(locale);
    percentScaleFormat.setMaximumFractionDigits(Math.max(0, bDNumber.scale() - 2));

    final BigDecimal bDNumberPercent = bDNumber.multiply(new BigDecimal(0.01));

    // Convert back for locale percent formatter
    final String strPercent = percentScaleFormat.format(bDNumberPercent);

    return strPercent;
}

work with given decimal length...

public static String getLocaleFloatValueDecimalWithLength(Locale loc, float value, int length) {
        //make string from float value
        return String.format(loc, (value % 1 == 0 ? "%.0f" : "%."+length+"f"), value);
    }