What is the method for rounding the result of division …
There are several ways to perform integer division using BigDecimal in Java.
- Set the decimal places with the setScale method, perform division using the divide method, and finally call the stripTrailingZeros method to remove any trailing zeroes.
BigDecimal result = dividend.divide(divisor, scale, RoundingMode.HALF_UP).stripTrailingZeros();
Here, the dividend is the number being divided, the divisor is the number doing the dividing, the scale is the number of decimal places to keep, and RoundingMode.HALF_UP means rounding up.
- By using the setScale method to specify the decimal places, then using the divide method for division. Finally, use the setScale method again to set the decimal places and specify RoundingMode.CEILING for rounding up.
BigDecimal result = dividend.divide(divisor, scale, RoundingMode.HALF_UP).setScale(scale, RoundingMode.CEILING);
In this case, the dividend is the number being divided, the divisor is the number doing the dividing, and the scale determines how many decimal places to keep. RoundingMode.HALF_UP means rounding up with a tie going to the nearest number, while RoundingMode.CEILING means rounding up to the nearest whole number.
- Use the divideToIntegralValue method for division, and then convert the result directly to an integer.
int result = dividend.divideToIntegralValue(divisor).intValue();
In this case, the dividend is the number being divided, the divisor is the number by which it is being divided, and the intValue method converts the result to an integer.
When using BigDecimal for division, make sure the divisor is not zero, otherwise an ArithmeticException will be thrown.