Converting numeric value with currency symbol back to Decimal with NumberFormat

Question

I would like to convert a possibly Decimal value prefixed with currency symbol into only numeric value.
For example -
The value can be like any of the following

String s1 = "£32,847,676.65";
String s2 = "£3,456.00";
String s3 = "£831,209";

I would like the result after conversion to be like - 32847676.65, 3456.00 and 831209.
I tried using the parse() method of the NumberFormat in this way -

NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(Locale.UK);
numberFormat.setMinimumFractionDigits(2);
Number num = nf.parse(s1);
double dd = num.doubleValue();
BigDecimal gg = new BigDecimal(dd);
System.out.println(gg);

But the result is - 32847676.649999998509883880615234375 which is not quite exactly the correct one.

I need it to be numeric so that may be I can perform some kind of calculation.
Can you guys guide me with what else can I try

Answer 1

You already parse the value correctly. The problem is this:

BigDecimal gg = new BigDecimal(dd);

You covnert the value to BigDecimal, and the rounding problems of doubles account for the decimal places after the dot. Use:

BigDecimal gg = new BigDecimal(dd).setScale(2);

or

BigDecimal gg = new BigDecimal(dd).setScale(2,RoundingMode.HALF_UP);

Answer 2

When playing with BigDecimal, the appropriate constructor is BigDecimal(String val)

    NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(Locale.UK);
    BigDecimal gg = new BigDecimal(nf.parse(s1).toString());
    System.out.println(gg);

BigDecimal(double val) does construct an exact decimal representation of the double value, which is not the human readable value you expected.

"The results of this constructor can be somewhat unpredictable. One might assume that writing new BigDecimal(0.1) in Java creates a BigDecimal which is exactly equal to 0.1 (an unscaled value of 1, with a scale of 1), but it is actually equal to 0.1000000000000000055511151231257827021181583404541015625. This is because 0.1 cannot be represented exactly as a double (or, for that matter, as a binary fraction of any finite length). Thus, the value that is being passed in to the constructor is not exactly equal to 0.1, appearances notwithstanding. [...] Therefore, it is generally recommended that the String constructor be used in preference to this one"

Source : BigDecimal javadoc