Java – How to round double / float value to 2 decimal places

By mkyong | Updated: October 29, 2021

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There are a few ways to round float or double to 2 decimal places in Java.

Table of contents

• 1. DecimalFormat("0.00")
• 2. DecimalFormat("0.00") vs DecimalFormat("#.##")
• 3. BigDecimal
• 4. String.format("%.2f", input)
• 5. Math.round
• 6. References

1. DecimalFormat(“0.00”)

We can use DecimalFormat("0.00") to ensure the number always round to 2 decimal places. For DecimalFormat, the default rounding mode is RoundingMode.HALF_EVEN, and we can use setRoundingMode(RoundingMode) to set a specified rounding mode.

package com.mkyong.math.rounding;

import java.math.RoundingMode;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;

public class DecimalExample {

  private static final DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0.00");

  public static void main(String[] args) {

      double input = 1205.6358;

      System.out.println("salary : " + input);

      // DecimalFormat, default is RoundingMode.HALF_EVEN
      System.out.println("salary : " + df.format(input));      //1205.64

      df.setRoundingMode(RoundingMode.DOWN);
      System.out.println("salary : " + df.format(input));      //1205.63

      df.setRoundingMode(RoundingMode.UP);
      System.out.println("salary : " + df.format(input));      //1205.64

  }

}

Output

salary : 1205.6358
salary : 1205.64
salary : 1205.63
salary : 1205.64

2. DecimalFormat(“0.00”) vs DecimalFormat(“#.##”)

The below shows the difference between DecimalFormat("0.00") and DecimalFormat("#.##").

package com.mkyong.math.rounding;

import java.math.RoundingMode;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;

public class DecimalExample2 {

  private static final DecimalFormat dfZero = new DecimalFormat("0.00");
  private static final DecimalFormat dfSharp = new DecimalFormat("#.##");

  public static void main(String[] args) {

      double input = 1205.6;

      System.out.println("salary : " + input);

      System.out.println("salary 0.00 : " + dfZero.format(input));
      System.out.println("salary #.## : " + dfSharp.format(input));

      double input2 = 1205.60;

      System.out.println("salary : " + input2);

      System.out.println("salary 0.00 : " + dfZero.format(input2));
      System.out.println("salary #.## : " + dfSharp.format(input2));


  }

}

Output

salary : 1205.6
salary 0.00 : 1205.60
salary #.## : 1205.6

salary : 1205.6
salary 0.00 : 1205.60
salary #.## : 1205.6

DecimalFormat("#.##") displays blank if the second decimal place is empty or zero. The DecimalFormat("0.00") is a better solution for 2 decimal places.

3. BigDecimal

We also can convert the double to a BigDecimal object and set the scale and rounding mode.

package com.mkyong.math.rounding;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.math.RoundingMode;

public class BigDecimalExample {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

      //double input = 3.14159265359;
      double input = 1205.6358;
      System.out.println("double : " + input);

      // convert double to BigDecimal
      BigDecimal salary = new BigDecimal(input);
      System.out.println("BigDecimal: " + salary);

      // round to 2 decimal places
      BigDecimal salary2 = salary.setScale(2, RoundingMode.HALF_UP);
      System.out.println("BigDecimal: " + salary2);

      // one line
      BigDecimal salary3 = new BigDecimal(input).setScale(2, RoundingMode.HALF_UP);
      System.out.println("BigDecimal: " + salary3);

      // convert BigDecimal back to double
      double salary4 = salary3.doubleValue();
      System.out.println("double : " + salary4);

  }
}

Output

double : 1205.6358
BigDecimal: 1205.63580000000001746229827404022216796875
BigDecimal: 1205.64
BigDecimal: 1205.64
double : 1205.64

4. String.format(“%.2f”, input)

The String.format is working fine, and the default rounding is half-up; however, we have no way to configure the type of rounding mode.

package com.mkyong.math.rounding;

public class StringFormatExample {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

      double input = 1205.6358;

      System.out.println("salary : " + input);

      // round half-up, no way control
      // 1205.64
      System.out.println("salary : " + String.format("%.2f", input));

      // 1205.64
      System.out.format("salary : %.2f", input);

  }

}

Output

salary : 1205.6358
salary : 1205.64
salary : 1205.64

5. Math.round

5.1 This Math.round is for educational purposes 🙂

package com.mkyong.math.rounding;

public class MathExample {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

      double input = 1205.6358;

      System.out.println("salary : " + input);

      double salary = Math.round(input * 100.0) / 100.0;

      System.out.println("salary : " + salary);

  }

}

Output

salary : 1205.6358
salary : 1205.64

input = 1205.6358;

Math.round(input * 100.0) / 100.0;

Math.round(120563.58) / 100.0;

120564 / 100.0;

salary = 1205.64

5.2 For 3 decimal places, try * 1000.

  double input = 1205.6358;

  double salary = Math.round(input * 1000.0) / 1000.0;

  System.out.println("salary : " + salary);

Output

salary : 1205.6358
salary : 1205.636

6. References

• RoundingMode JavaDoc 11
• Math.round JavaDoc 11
• How to calculate monetary values in Java
• How to format a double in Java
• Java String Format Examples