Java and decimals E numbers

Question

Java comes up with numbers like 9.870699812169277E-4

How should I interpret it? Is there a way to parse it in Java and display without that E?

Answer 1

You can use NumberFormat.

Code

// you can format to any output you want
NumberFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat("0.00000000000");
String string = formatter.format(9.870699812169277E-4);
System.out.println(string);

Result

0.00098706998

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