Setting decimal sign ("+" AND "-") in DecimalFormat ?

[Mark Sizzler]

How do I specify that a DecimalFormat should ALWAYS prepend the decimal sign?

I thought DecimalFormat("-00000.00");

would be ok, But in that case a negative number will start with a double minus:
--0034.56

Is there really no other way than

System.out.println("Number=" + ((number >=0)? "+" : "") + sdf.format(number));

Mark

 

[Roland]

How do I specify that a DecimalFormat should ALWAYS prepend the decimal sign?

I thought DecimalFormat("-00000.00");

would be ok, But in that case a negative number will start with a double minus:
--0034.56

Is there really no other way than

System.out.println("Number=" + ((number >=0)? "+" : "") + sdf.format(number));

Mark

Use new DecimalFormat("+00000.00;-00000.00")
The part following the ';' is the pattern for negative values (and the
other of course for positive ones). See
<http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/text/DecimalFormat.html>
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Regards,

Roland de Ruiter
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