Show padding zeros using DecimalFormat

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I'm using DecimalFormat to format doubles to 2 decimal places like this:

DecimalFormat dec = new DecimalFormat("#.##");
double rawPercent = ( (double)(count.getCount().intValue()) / 
                            (double)(total.intValue()) ) * 100.00;
double percentage = Double.valueOf(dec.format(rawPercent));

It works, but if i have a number like 20, it gives me this:

20.0

and I want this:

20.00

Any suggestions?

8 Answers

I found my small test program useful and want to share it with you. Enjoy.

package be.softwarelab.numbers;

import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
import java.util.Locale;

public class DecimalNumbers {

    private static final double ZERO = 0;
    private static final double TEN = 10.0;
    private static final double PI = Math.PI;                           // 3.141592653589793;
    private static final double MILLIONS = Math.E * Math.pow(10, 6);    // 2718281.828459045;
    private static final double NINERS = 9999999.99999;

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String format01 = "#.#";
        String format02 = "0.#";
        String format03 = "#.0";
        String format04 = "0.0";
        String format05 = "##.#";
        String format06 = "00.#";

        String formatAll = "###,###.###";
        String formatLong = "#.#########";  

        System.out.println("====== ZERO =================================================");
        showResult(ZERO, format01, Locale.US);
        showResult(ZERO, format02, Locale.US);
        showResult(ZERO, format03, Locale.US);
        showResult(ZERO, format04, Locale.US);
        showResult(ZERO, format05, Locale.US);
        showResult(ZERO, format06, Locale.US);
        System.out.println("====== TEN  =================================================");
        showResult(TEN, format01, Locale.US);
        showResult(TEN, format02, Locale.US);
        showResult(TEN, format03, Locale.US);
        showResult(TEN, format04, Locale.US);
        showResult(TEN, format05, Locale.US);
        showResult(TEN, format06, Locale.US);
        System.out.println("====== PI   =================================================");
        showResult(PI, format01, Locale.US);
        showResult(PI, format02, Locale.US);
        showResult(PI, format03, Locale.US);
        showResult(PI, format04, Locale.US);
        showResult(PI, format05, Locale.US);
        showResult(PI, format06, Locale.US);
        System.out.println("====== MILLIONS =============================================");
        showResult(MILLIONS, formatAll, Locale.US);
        showResult(MILLIONS, formatAll, Locale.GERMANY);
        showResult(MILLIONS, formatAll, Locale.FRANCE);
        showResult(MILLIONS, formatAll, new Locale("nl", "BE"));
        System.out.println("====== NINERS   =============================================");
        showResult(NINERS, format01, Locale.US);
        showResult(NINERS, format02, Locale.US);
        showResult(NINERS, format03, Locale.US);
        showResult(NINERS, format04, Locale.US);
        showResult(NINERS, format05, Locale.US);
        showResult(NINERS, format06, Locale.US);
        showResult(NINERS, formatLong, Locale.US);
        System.out.println("=============================================================");
    }

    public static void showResult(double number, String format, Locale locale) {
        // Using a Locale to see the differences between regions.
        DecimalFormatSymbols otherSymbols = new DecimalFormatSymbols(locale);
        DecimalFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat (format, otherSymbols);

        // Create the String result
        String output = formatter.format(number);

        // Format the output for a nice presentation.
        System.out.format("    %s %20s %11s = %20s\n", locale, number, format, output);
    }
}

This results in:

====== ZERO =================================================
en_US                  0.0         #.# =                    0
en_US                  0.0         0.# =                    0
en_US                  0.0         #.0 =                   .0
en_US                  0.0         0.0 =                  0.0
en_US                  0.0        ##.# =                    0
en_US                  0.0        00.# =                   00
====== TEN  =================================================
en_US                 10.0         #.# =                   10
en_US                 10.0         0.# =                   10
en_US                 10.0         #.0 =                 10.0
en_US                 10.0         0.0 =                 10.0
en_US                 10.0        ##.# =                   10
en_US                 10.0        00.# =                   10
====== PI   =================================================
en_US    3.141592653589793         #.# =                  3.1
en_US    3.141592653589793         0.# =                  3.1
en_US    3.141592653589793         #.0 =                  3.1
en_US    3.141592653589793         0.0 =                  3.1
en_US    3.141592653589793        ##.# =                  3.1
en_US    3.141592653589793        00.# =                 03.1
====== MILLIONS =============================================
en_US    2718281.828459045 ###,###.### =        2,718,281.828
de_DE    2718281.828459045 ###,###.### =        2.718.281,828
fr_FR    2718281.828459045 ###,###.### =        2 718 281,828
nl_BE    2718281.828459045 ###,###.### =        2.718.281,828
====== NINERS   =============================================
en_US        9999999.99999         #.# =             10000000
en_US        9999999.99999         0.# =             10000000
en_US        9999999.99999         #.0 =           10000000.0
en_US        9999999.99999         0.0 =           10000000.0
en_US        9999999.99999        ##.# =             10000000
en_US        9999999.99999        00.# =             10000000
en_US        9999999.99999 #.######### =        9999999.99999
=============================================================

Just change

DecimalFormat dec = new DecimalFormat("#.##");

with

DecimalFormat dec = new DecimalFormat("#.00");
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