uk.ac.starlink.ttools.func

Class Formats

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.ttools.func.Formats

public class Formats
extends Object

Functions for formatting numeric values.

Since:

2 Sep 2004

Author:

Mark Taylor (Starlink)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	formatDecimal(double value, int dp) Turns a floating point value into a string with a given number of decimal places using standard settings.
static String	formatDecimal(double value, String format) Turns a floating point value into a formatted string using standard settings.
static String	formatDecimalLocal(double value, int dp) Turns a floating point value into a string using current locale settings.
static String	formatDecimalLocal(double value, String format) Turns a floating point value into a formatted string using current locale settings.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

formatDecimal

public static String formatDecimal(double value,
                                   int dp)

Turns a floating point value into a string with a given number of decimal places using standard settings.

Parameters:

value - value to format

dp - number of decimal places (digits after the decmal point)

Returns:

formatted string

formatDecimalLocal

public static String formatDecimalLocal(double value,
                                        int dp)

Turns a floating point value into a string using current locale settings. For instance if language is set to French, decimal points will be represented as a comma "," instead of a full stop ".". Otherwise behaves the same as the corresponding formatDecimal function.

Parameters:

value - value to format

dp - number of decimal places (digits after the decmal point)

Returns:

formatted string

formatDecimal

public static String formatDecimal(double value,
                                   String format)

Turns a floating point value into a formatted string using standard settings. The format string is as defined by Java's java.text.DecimalFormat class.

Parameters:

value - value to format

format - format specifier

Returns:

formatted string

formatDecimalLocal

public static String formatDecimalLocal(double value,
                                        String format)

Turns a floating point value into a formatted string using current locale settings. For instance if language is set to French, decimal points will be represented as a comma "," instead of a full stop ".". Otherwise behaves the same as the corresponding formatDecimal function.

Parameters:

value - value to format

format - format specifier

Returns:

formatted string