Java double to string with specific precision

Question

I would like to convert double into String. I want it to have as few digits as possible and maximally 6.

So I found String.format("%.6f", d) which converts my 100.0 into 100.000000. Max precision works correctly, but I would like it to be converted to 100 (minimum precision). Have you got any idea what method is working like that?

Answer 1

Use DecimalFormat: new DecimalFormat("#.0#####").format(d).

This will produce numbers with 1 to 6 decimal digits.

Since DecimalFormat will use the symbols of the default locale, you might want to provide which symbols to use:

//Format using english symbols, e.g. 100.0 instead of 100,0
new DecimalFormat("#.0#####", DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance( Locale.ENGLISH )).format(d)

In order to format 100.0 to 100, use the format string #.######.

Note that DecimalFormat will round by default, e.g. if you pass in 0.9999999 you'll get the output 1. If you want to get 0.999999 instead, provide a different rounding mode:

DecimalFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat("#.######", DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance( Locale.ENGLISH ));
formatter.setRoundingMode( RoundingMode.DOWN );
String s = formatter.format(d);

Answer 2

This is a cheap hack that works (and does not introduce any rounding issues):

String string = String.format("%.6f", d).replaceAll("(\\.\\d+?)0*$", "$1");