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POWhat's the proper syntax for Java's BigDecimal?
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copied!<p>I have two <code>double</code> counters that I'm incrementing based on certain criteria. The counters will increment by either 1 or .01, and the results summed together for a serial number of <code>1.00</code>, <code>1.01</code>, <code>1.02</code>, etc. I'm getting results like <code>1.01999999999</code> or <code>1.111111111111</code>, an expected condition due to the nature of <code>double</code>.</p> <p>I am trying to use BigDecimal, and although the <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/math/BigDecimal.html" rel="nofollow">Java Documentation</a> indicates</p> <pre><code>BigDecimal(double val) Translates a double into a BigDecimal which is the exact decimal representation of the double's binary floating-point value. </code></pre> <p>I cannot get the code to work. </p> <pre><code> .... if (condition1) { indexNo = indexNo + 1; subIndexNo = .00; } else if (condition2) { subIndexNo = subIndexNo + .01; } recNo = indexNo + subIndexNo; BigDecimal record = BigDecimal(double recNo); </code></pre> <p>Error messages from the compiler</p> <pre><code>C:\pathtojava\sync\java\bin>javac ParseWhiData.java ParseWhiData.java:97: error: '.class' expected BigDecimal record = BigDecimal(double recNo); ^ ParseWhiData.java:97: error: ';' expected BigDecimal record = BigDecimal(double recNo); ^ 2 errors </code></pre> <p>What am I doing wrong while accessing BigDecimal? What's the proper syntax to convert a double to a Big Demimal, and, most importantly, will it turn <code>1.019999999999</code> to <code>1.02</code> </p>

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