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Re: "Double.toString"

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On 11/19/2016 2:49 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 11/19/2016 10:53 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>>   When a course participant used the static method
>>   »Double.toString«, I said it won't work this way,
>>   because there is no such static method.
>>
>>   Turned out, a static »toString« method sits there
>>   fat and happy on the documentation page of the class
>>   »java.lang.Double«. And it does not even seem to be
>>   new (no »since 1.8« or some such).
>>
>>   How could I have missed this method all those years?
>>   Or did I know it once and my memory failed on me?
>>
>>   Have you been aware of this static toString method?
>>   Is it a "well-known", prominent method to you?
>
> I am always expecting the wrapper classes to have:
>
> .toString()
> .parseXxxx(s)

I would add that Double.toString is sort of a quick an dirty
method.

For most serious usage Decimal.format is preferred due
to the better control over output.

Arne

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