Prevent round off in String.format("%.2f", doubleValue) in Java

floating-point, format, java, string

Solution

You can always set the rounding mode:

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/math/RoundingMode.html

and then use String.Format() HALF_EVEN is used by default, but you can change it to CEILING

another no so flexible approach will be (but this is not what you asked about):

DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("###.##");
df.format(123.459);

Problem

How do I prevent `String.format("%.2f", doubleValue);` from rounding off (round half up algorithm) instead of just truncating it? e.g. ``` doubleValue = 123.459 ``` after formatting, ``` doubleValue = 123.46 ``` I just want to discard the last digit, ``` 123.45 ``` I know there are other ways to do this, I just want to know if this is possible using the String.format.

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