Float data loss and precision issue

Question

String abc=11235.271;
Float.parsefloat(abc);

o/p 11235.271 no data loss

while as in

String abc=58996.706;
Float.parsefloat(abc);

o/p 58996.707

.001 is getting added after decimal

Can anyone pls help me on this

Simply, float is less precize than decimal. Read this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/618535/difference-between-decimal-float-and-double-in-net — Djuro, May 12 '17 at 06:49

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 12 '17 at 06:48

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consider using a double or bigDecimal:

String abc2 = "58996.706";
System.out.println(Double.parseDouble(abc2));
System.out.println(new BigDecimal(abc2));

answered May 12 '17 at 06:48

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