convert very small double to a String - java

I have a very small number and I want to convert it to a String with the full number, not abbreviated in any way. I don't know how small this number can be.
for example, when I run:
double d = 1E-10;
System.out.println(d);
it shows 1.0E-10 instead of 0.000000001.
I've already tried NumberFormat.getNumberInstance() but it formats to 0. and I don't know what expression to use on a DecimalFormat to work with any number.


Assuming that you want 500 zeroes in front of your number when you do:
double d = 1E-500;
then you can use:
double d = 1E-10;
NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getInstance();
nf.setMaximumFractionDigits(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
System.out.println(nf.format(d));


You can set the maximum and minimum number of digits in the fraction of a numberformatter with setMinimumFractionDigits and setMaximumFractionDigits. that should fix the problem.


You can do it with BigDecimals in Java 5 using:
System.out.println(new java.math.BigDecimal(Double.toString(1E-10)).stripTrailingZeros().toPlainString());
Note that if you have the double value as a String in the first place, you would be better off using:
System.out.println(new java.math.BigDecimal("1E-10").toPlainString());
... as explained in the BigDecimal javadocs.


Have a look at: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/i18n/format/decimalFormat.html#numberpattern
I think the format "0.####" might work.

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Convert double with 8 or more characters to sting in java [duplicate]

I want to print a double value in Java without exponential form.
double dexp = 12345678;
System.out.println("dexp: "+dexp);
It shows this E notation: 1.2345678E7.
I want it to print it like this: 12345678
What is the best way to prevent this?

Java prevent E notation in a double:
Five different ways to convert a double to a normal number:
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
public class Runner {
public static void main(String[] args) {
double myvalue = 0.00000021d;
//Option 1 Print bare double.
System.out.println(myvalue);
//Option2, use decimalFormat.
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#");
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(8);
System.out.println(df.format(myvalue));
//Option 3, use printf.
System.out.printf("%.9f", myvalue);
System.out.println();
//Option 4, convert toBigDecimal and ask for toPlainString().
System.out.print(new BigDecimal(myvalue).toPlainString());
System.out.println();
//Option 5, String.format
System.out.println(String.format("%.12f", myvalue));
}
}
This program prints:
2.1E-7
.00000021
0.000000210
0.000000210000000000000001085015324114868562332958390470594167709350585
0.000000210000
Which are all the same value.
Protip: If you are confused as to why those random digits appear beyond a certain threshold in the double value, this video explains: computerphile why does 0.1+0.2 equal 0.30000000000001?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PZRI1IfStY0

You could use printf() with %f:
double dexp = 12345678;
System.out.printf("dexp: %f\n", dexp);
This will print dexp: 12345678.000000. If you don't want the fractional part, use
System.out.printf("dexp: %.0f\n", dexp);
0 in %.0f means 0 places in fractional part i.e no fractional part. If you want to print fractional part with desired number of decimal places then instead of 0 just provide the number like this %.8f. By default fractional part is printed up to 6 decimal places.
This uses the format specifier language explained in the documentation.
The default toString() format used in your original code is spelled out here.

In short:
If you want to get rid of trailing zeros and Locale problems, then you should use:
double myValue = 0.00000021d;
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0", DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.ENGLISH));
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(340); // 340 = DecimalFormat.DOUBLE_FRACTION_DIGITS
System.out.println(df.format(myValue)); // Output: 0.00000021
Explanation:
Why other answers did not suit me:
Double.toString() or System.out.println or FloatingDecimal.toJavaFormatString uses scientific notations if double is less than 10^-3 or greater than or equal to 10^7
By using %f, the default decimal precision is 6, otherwise you can hardcode it, but it results in extra zeros added if you have fewer decimals. Example:
double myValue = 0.00000021d;
String.format("%.12f", myvalue); // Output: 0.000000210000
By using setMaximumFractionDigits(0); or %.0f you remove any decimal precision, which is fine for integers/longs, but not for double:
double myValue = 0.00000021d;
System.out.println(String.format("%.0f", myvalue)); // Output: 0
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0");
System.out.println(df.format(myValue)); // Output: 0
By using DecimalFormat, you are local dependent. In French locale, the decimal separator is a comma, not a point:
double myValue = 0.00000021d;
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0");
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(340);
System.out.println(df.format(myvalue)); // Output: 0,00000021
Using the ENGLISH locale makes sure you get a point for decimal separator, wherever your program will run.
Why using 340 then for setMaximumFractionDigits?
Two reasons:
setMaximumFractionDigits accepts an integer, but its implementation has a maximum digits allowed of DecimalFormat.DOUBLE_FRACTION_DIGITS which equals 340
Double.MIN_VALUE = 4.9E-324 so with 340 digits you are sure not to round your double and lose precision.

You can try it with DecimalFormat. With this class you are very flexible in parsing your numbers.
You can exactly set the pattern you want to use.
In your case for example:
double test = 12345678;
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#");
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(0);
System.out.println(df.format(test)); //12345678

I've got another solution involving BigDecimal's toPlainString(), but this time using the String-constructor, which is recommended in the javadoc:
this constructor is compatible with the values returned by Float.toString and Double.toString. This is generally the preferred way to convert a float or double into a BigDecimal, as it doesn't suffer from the unpredictability of the BigDecimal(double) constructor.
It looks like this in its shortest form:
return new BigDecimal(myDouble.toString()).stripTrailingZeros().toPlainString();
NaN and infinite values have to be checked extra, so looks like this in its complete form:
public static String doubleToString(Double d) {
if (d == null)
return null;
if (d.isNaN() || d.isInfinite())
return d.toString();
return new BigDecimal(d.toString()).stripTrailingZeros().toPlainString();
}
This can also be copied/pasted to work nicely with Float.
For Java 7 and below, this results in "0.0" for any zero-valued Doubles, so you would need to add:
if (d.doubleValue() == 0)
return "0";

Java/Kotlin compiler converts any value greater than 9999999 (greater than or equal to 10 million) to scientific notation ie. Epsilion notation.
Ex: 12345678 is converted to 1.2345678E7
Use this code to avoid automatic conversion to scientific notation:
fun setTotalSalesValue(String total) {
var valueWithoutEpsilon = total.toBigDecimal()
/* Set the converted value to your android text view using setText() function */
salesTextView.setText( valueWithoutEpsilon.toPlainString() )
}

This will work as long as your number is a whole number:
double dnexp = 12345678;
System.out.println("dexp: " + (long)dexp);
If the double variable has precision after the decimal point it will truncate it.

I needed to convert some double to currency values and found that most of the solutions were OK, but not for me.
The DecimalFormat was eventually the way for me, so here is what I've done:
public String foo(double value) //Got here 6.743240136E7 or something..
{
DecimalFormat formatter;
if(value - (int)value > 0.0)
formatter = new DecimalFormat("0.00"); // Here you can also deal with rounding if you wish..
else
formatter = new DecimalFormat("0");
return formatter.format(value);
}
As you can see, if the number is natural I get - say - 20000000 instead of 2E7 (etc.) - without any decimal point.
And if it's decimal, I get only two decimal digits.

I think everyone had the right idea, but all answers were not straightforward.
I can see this being a very useful piece of code. Here is a snippet of what will work:
System.out.println(String.format("%.8f", EnterYourDoubleVariableHere));
the ".8" is where you set the number of decimal places you would like to show.
I am using Eclipse and it worked no problem.
Hope this was helpful. I would appreciate any feedback!

The following code detects if the provided number is presented in scientific notation. If so it is represented in normal presentation with a maximum of '25' digits.
static String convertFromScientificNotation(double number) {
// Check if in scientific notation
if (String.valueOf(number).toLowerCase().contains("e")) {
System.out.println("The scientific notation number'"
+ number
+ "' detected, it will be converted to normal representation with 25 maximum fraction digits.");
NumberFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat();
formatter.setMaximumFractionDigits(25);
return formatter.format(number);
} else
return String.valueOf(number);
}

This may be a tangent.... but if you need to put a numerical value as an integer (that is too big to be an integer) into a serializer (JSON, etc.) then you probably want "BigInterger"
Example:
value is a string - 7515904334
We need to represent it as a numerical in a Json message:
{
"contact_phone":"800220-3333",
"servicer_id":7515904334,
"servicer_name":"SOME CORPORATION"
}
We can't print it or we'll get this:
{
"contact_phone":"800220-3333",
"servicer_id":"7515904334",
"servicer_name":"SOME CORPORATION"
}
Adding the value to the node like this produces the desired outcome:
BigInteger.valueOf(Long.parseLong(value, 10))
I'm not sure this is really on-topic, but since this question was my top hit when I searched for my solution, I thought I would share here for the benefit of others, lie me, who search poorly. :D

use String.format ("%.0f", number)
%.0f for zero decimal
String numSring = String.format ("%.0f", firstNumber);
System.out.println(numString);

I had this same problem in my production code when I was using it as a string input to a math.Eval() function which takes a string like "x + 20 / 50"
I looked at hundreds of articles... In the end I went with this because of the speed. And because the Eval function was going to convert it back into its own number format eventually and math.Eval() didn't support the trailing E-07 that other methods returned, and anything over 5 dp was too much detail for my application anyway.
This is now used in production code for an application that has 1,000+ users...
double value = 0.0002111d;
String s = Double.toString(((int)(value * 100000.0d))/100000.0d); // Round to 5 dp
s display as: 0.00021

This will work not only for a whole numbers:
double dexp = 12345678.12345678;
BigDecimal bigDecimal = new BigDecimal(Double.toString(dexp));
System.out.println("dexp: "+ bigDecimal.toPlainString());

My solution:
String str = String.format ("%.0f", yourDouble);

For integer values represented by a double, you can use this code, which is much faster than the other solutions.
public static String doubleToString(final double d) {
// check for integer, also see https://stackoverflow.com/a/9898613/868941 and
// https://github.com/google/guava/blob/master/guava/src/com/google/common/math/DoubleMath.java
if (isMathematicalInteger(d)) {
return Long.toString((long)d);
} else {
// or use any of the solutions provided by others, this is the best
DecimalFormat df =
new DecimalFormat("0", DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.ENGLISH));
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(340); // 340 = DecimalFormat.DOUBLE_FRACTION_DIGITS
return df.format(d);
}
}
// Java 8+
public static boolean isMathematicalInteger(final double d) {
return StrictMath.rint(d) == d && Double.isFinite(d);
}

This works for me. The output will be a String.
String.format("%.12f", myvalue);

Good way to convert scientific e notation
String.valueOf(YourDoubleValue.longValue())

Not able to print exact value of Double data Type variable [duplicate]

I want to print a double value in Java without exponential form.
double dexp = 12345678;
System.out.println("dexp: "+dexp);
It shows this E notation: 1.2345678E7.
I want it to print it like this: 12345678
What is the best way to prevent this?

Java prevent E notation in a double:
Five different ways to convert a double to a normal number:
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
public class Runner {
public static void main(String[] args) {
double myvalue = 0.00000021d;
//Option 1 Print bare double.
System.out.println(myvalue);
//Option2, use decimalFormat.
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#");
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(8);
System.out.println(df.format(myvalue));
//Option 3, use printf.
System.out.printf("%.9f", myvalue);
System.out.println();
//Option 4, convert toBigDecimal and ask for toPlainString().
System.out.print(new BigDecimal(myvalue).toPlainString());
System.out.println();
//Option 5, String.format
System.out.println(String.format("%.12f", myvalue));
}
}
This program prints:
2.1E-7
.00000021
0.000000210
0.000000210000000000000001085015324114868562332958390470594167709350585
0.000000210000
Which are all the same value.
Protip: If you are confused as to why those random digits appear beyond a certain threshold in the double value, this video explains: computerphile why does 0.1+0.2 equal 0.30000000000001?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PZRI1IfStY0

You could use printf() with %f:
double dexp = 12345678;
System.out.printf("dexp: %f\n", dexp);
This will print dexp: 12345678.000000. If you don't want the fractional part, use
System.out.printf("dexp: %.0f\n", dexp);
0 in %.0f means 0 places in fractional part i.e no fractional part. If you want to print fractional part with desired number of decimal places then instead of 0 just provide the number like this %.8f. By default fractional part is printed up to 6 decimal places.
This uses the format specifier language explained in the documentation.
The default toString() format used in your original code is spelled out here.

In short:
If you want to get rid of trailing zeros and Locale problems, then you should use:
double myValue = 0.00000021d;
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0", DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.ENGLISH));
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(340); // 340 = DecimalFormat.DOUBLE_FRACTION_DIGITS
System.out.println(df.format(myValue)); // Output: 0.00000021
Explanation:
Why other answers did not suit me:
Double.toString() or System.out.println or FloatingDecimal.toJavaFormatString uses scientific notations if double is less than 10^-3 or greater than or equal to 10^7
By using %f, the default decimal precision is 6, otherwise you can hardcode it, but it results in extra zeros added if you have fewer decimals. Example:
double myValue = 0.00000021d;
String.format("%.12f", myvalue); // Output: 0.000000210000
By using setMaximumFractionDigits(0); or %.0f you remove any decimal precision, which is fine for integers/longs, but not for double:
double myValue = 0.00000021d;
System.out.println(String.format("%.0f", myvalue)); // Output: 0
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0");
System.out.println(df.format(myValue)); // Output: 0
By using DecimalFormat, you are local dependent. In French locale, the decimal separator is a comma, not a point:
double myValue = 0.00000021d;
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0");
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(340);
System.out.println(df.format(myvalue)); // Output: 0,00000021
Using the ENGLISH locale makes sure you get a point for decimal separator, wherever your program will run.
Why using 340 then for setMaximumFractionDigits?
Two reasons:
setMaximumFractionDigits accepts an integer, but its implementation has a maximum digits allowed of DecimalFormat.DOUBLE_FRACTION_DIGITS which equals 340
Double.MIN_VALUE = 4.9E-324 so with 340 digits you are sure not to round your double and lose precision.

You can try it with DecimalFormat. With this class you are very flexible in parsing your numbers.
You can exactly set the pattern you want to use.
In your case for example:
double test = 12345678;
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#");
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(0);
System.out.println(df.format(test)); //12345678

I've got another solution involving BigDecimal's toPlainString(), but this time using the String-constructor, which is recommended in the javadoc:
this constructor is compatible with the values returned by Float.toString and Double.toString. This is generally the preferred way to convert a float or double into a BigDecimal, as it doesn't suffer from the unpredictability of the BigDecimal(double) constructor.
It looks like this in its shortest form:
return new BigDecimal(myDouble.toString()).stripTrailingZeros().toPlainString();
NaN and infinite values have to be checked extra, so looks like this in its complete form:
public static String doubleToString(Double d) {
if (d == null)
return null;
if (d.isNaN() || d.isInfinite())
return d.toString();
return new BigDecimal(d.toString()).stripTrailingZeros().toPlainString();
}
This can also be copied/pasted to work nicely with Float.
For Java 7 and below, this results in "0.0" for any zero-valued Doubles, so you would need to add:
if (d.doubleValue() == 0)
return "0";

Java/Kotlin compiler converts any value greater than 9999999 (greater than or equal to 10 million) to scientific notation ie. Epsilion notation.
Ex: 12345678 is converted to 1.2345678E7
Use this code to avoid automatic conversion to scientific notation:
fun setTotalSalesValue(String total) {
var valueWithoutEpsilon = total.toBigDecimal()
/* Set the converted value to your android text view using setText() function */
salesTextView.setText( valueWithoutEpsilon.toPlainString() )
}

This will work as long as your number is a whole number:
double dnexp = 12345678;
System.out.println("dexp: " + (long)dexp);
If the double variable has precision after the decimal point it will truncate it.

I needed to convert some double to currency values and found that most of the solutions were OK, but not for me.
The DecimalFormat was eventually the way for me, so here is what I've done:
public String foo(double value) //Got here 6.743240136E7 or something..
{
DecimalFormat formatter;
if(value - (int)value > 0.0)
formatter = new DecimalFormat("0.00"); // Here you can also deal with rounding if you wish..
else
formatter = new DecimalFormat("0");
return formatter.format(value);
}
As you can see, if the number is natural I get - say - 20000000 instead of 2E7 (etc.) - without any decimal point.
And if it's decimal, I get only two decimal digits.

I think everyone had the right idea, but all answers were not straightforward.
I can see this being a very useful piece of code. Here is a snippet of what will work:
System.out.println(String.format("%.8f", EnterYourDoubleVariableHere));
the ".8" is where you set the number of decimal places you would like to show.
I am using Eclipse and it worked no problem.
Hope this was helpful. I would appreciate any feedback!

The following code detects if the provided number is presented in scientific notation. If so it is represented in normal presentation with a maximum of '25' digits.
static String convertFromScientificNotation(double number) {
// Check if in scientific notation
if (String.valueOf(number).toLowerCase().contains("e")) {
System.out.println("The scientific notation number'"
+ number
+ "' detected, it will be converted to normal representation with 25 maximum fraction digits.");
NumberFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat();
formatter.setMaximumFractionDigits(25);
return formatter.format(number);
} else
return String.valueOf(number);
}

This may be a tangent.... but if you need to put a numerical value as an integer (that is too big to be an integer) into a serializer (JSON, etc.) then you probably want "BigInterger"
Example:
value is a string - 7515904334
We need to represent it as a numerical in a Json message:
{
"contact_phone":"800220-3333",
"servicer_id":7515904334,
"servicer_name":"SOME CORPORATION"
}
We can't print it or we'll get this:
{
"contact_phone":"800220-3333",
"servicer_id":"7515904334",
"servicer_name":"SOME CORPORATION"
}
Adding the value to the node like this produces the desired outcome:
BigInteger.valueOf(Long.parseLong(value, 10))
I'm not sure this is really on-topic, but since this question was my top hit when I searched for my solution, I thought I would share here for the benefit of others, lie me, who search poorly. :D

use String.format ("%.0f", number)
%.0f for zero decimal
String numSring = String.format ("%.0f", firstNumber);
System.out.println(numString);

I had this same problem in my production code when I was using it as a string input to a math.Eval() function which takes a string like "x + 20 / 50"
I looked at hundreds of articles... In the end I went with this because of the speed. And because the Eval function was going to convert it back into its own number format eventually and math.Eval() didn't support the trailing E-07 that other methods returned, and anything over 5 dp was too much detail for my application anyway.
This is now used in production code for an application that has 1,000+ users...
double value = 0.0002111d;
String s = Double.toString(((int)(value * 100000.0d))/100000.0d); // Round to 5 dp
s display as: 0.00021

This will work not only for a whole numbers:
double dexp = 12345678.12345678;
BigDecimal bigDecimal = new BigDecimal(Double.toString(dexp));
System.out.println("dexp: "+ bigDecimal.toPlainString());

My solution:
String str = String.format ("%.0f", yourDouble);

For integer values represented by a double, you can use this code, which is much faster than the other solutions.
public static String doubleToString(final double d) {
// check for integer, also see https://stackoverflow.com/a/9898613/868941 and
// https://github.com/google/guava/blob/master/guava/src/com/google/common/math/DoubleMath.java
if (isMathematicalInteger(d)) {
return Long.toString((long)d);
} else {
// or use any of the solutions provided by others, this is the best
DecimalFormat df =
new DecimalFormat("0", DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.ENGLISH));
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(340); // 340 = DecimalFormat.DOUBLE_FRACTION_DIGITS
return df.format(d);
}
}
// Java 8+
public static boolean isMathematicalInteger(final double d) {
return StrictMath.rint(d) == d && Double.isFinite(d);
}

This works for me. The output will be a String.
String.format("%.12f", myvalue);

Good way to convert scientific e notation
String.valueOf(YourDoubleValue.longValue())

How to convert the 6020494385.89982 string value to double

How to convert the "6020494385.89982" string value to a double?
String ss = "6020494385.89982";
double dd = Double.parseDouble(String.valueOf(ss));
System.out.println(dd);
I am getting the output as
6.02049438589982E9 but I want 6020494385.89982 as double value.

Use of a DecimalFormatobject should do the trick
String ss = "6020494385.89982";
double dd = Double.parseDouble(String.valueOf(ss));
System.out.println(new DecimalFormat("#0.00000").format(dd));
Or you can use System.out#printf()
System.out.printf("%.5f", dd);
Because System.out.println has a particular way of working with double precisions that will not work in this particular case for example.

The number is correct. 6.02049438589982E9 is just the scientific notation, which is the default when you print a double. If you want the non-scientific notation, you could just use printf instead of println:
System.out.printf("%f\n", dd);

6.02049438589982E9 is the same as 6020494385.89982
6.02049438589982E9 = 6.02049438589982 X 10^9
the value stored in the double is 6020494385.89982 However, when you print it out, it represents in this format: 6.02049438589982E9

You do not need to convert into double if in the end you want the representation in the same format as the current value of ss variable.
However if you need to convert for some other purpose and then need to show in that format later/else where you can use DecimalFormat as others have suggested.

Java double to string with specific precision

I would like to convert double into String. I want it to have as few digits as possible and maximally 6.
So I found String.format("%.6f", d) which converts my 100.0 into 100.000000.
Max precision works correctly, but I would like it to be converted to 100 (minimum precision).
Have you got any idea what method is working like that?

Use DecimalFormat: new DecimalFormat("#.0#####").format(d).
This will produce numbers with 1 to 6 decimal digits.
Since DecimalFormat will use the symbols of the default locale, you might want to provide which symbols to use:
//Format using english symbols, e.g. 100.0 instead of 100,0
new DecimalFormat("#.0#####", DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance( Locale.ENGLISH )).format(d)
In order to format 100.0 to 100, use the format string #.######.
Note that DecimalFormat will round by default, e.g. if you pass in 0.9999999 you'll get the output 1. If you want to get 0.999999 instead, provide a different rounding mode:
DecimalFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat("#.######", DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance( Locale.ENGLISH ));
formatter.setRoundingMode( RoundingMode.DOWN );
String s = formatter.format(d);

This is a cheap hack that works (and does not introduce any rounding issues):
String string = String.format("%.6f", d).replaceAll("(\\.\\d+?)0*$", "$1");

String.format("%.0", d) will give you no decimal places
-or-
String.format("%d", (int)Math.round(f))

Couldn't you just make a setPrecision function, sort of like this
private static String setPrecision(double amt, int precision){
return String.format("%." + precision + "f", amt);
}
then of course to call it
setPrecision(variable, 2); //
Obviously you can tweek it up for rounding or whatever it is you need to do.

How do I print a double value without scientific notation using Java?

I want to print a double value in Java without exponential form.
double dexp = 12345678;
System.out.println("dexp: "+dexp);
It shows this E notation: 1.2345678E7.
I want it to print it like this: 12345678
What is the best way to prevent this?

Java prevent E notation in a double:
Five different ways to convert a double to a normal number:
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
public class Runner {
public static void main(String[] args) {
double myvalue = 0.00000021d;
//Option 1 Print bare double.
System.out.println(myvalue);
//Option2, use decimalFormat.
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#");
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(8);
System.out.println(df.format(myvalue));
//Option 3, use printf.
System.out.printf("%.9f", myvalue);
System.out.println();
//Option 4, convert toBigDecimal and ask for toPlainString().
System.out.print(new BigDecimal(myvalue).toPlainString());
System.out.println();
//Option 5, String.format
System.out.println(String.format("%.12f", myvalue));
}
}
This program prints:
2.1E-7
.00000021
0.000000210
0.000000210000000000000001085015324114868562332958390470594167709350585
0.000000210000
Which are all the same value.
Protip: If you are confused as to why those random digits appear beyond a certain threshold in the double value, this video explains: computerphile why does 0.1+0.2 equal 0.30000000000001?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PZRI1IfStY0

You could use printf() with %f:
double dexp = 12345678;
System.out.printf("dexp: %f\n", dexp);
This will print dexp: 12345678.000000. If you don't want the fractional part, use
System.out.printf("dexp: %.0f\n", dexp);
0 in %.0f means 0 places in fractional part i.e no fractional part. If you want to print fractional part with desired number of decimal places then instead of 0 just provide the number like this %.8f. By default fractional part is printed up to 6 decimal places.
This uses the format specifier language explained in the documentation.
The default toString() format used in your original code is spelled out here.

In short:
If you want to get rid of trailing zeros and Locale problems, then you should use:
double myValue = 0.00000021d;
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0", DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.ENGLISH));
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(340); // 340 = DecimalFormat.DOUBLE_FRACTION_DIGITS
System.out.println(df.format(myValue)); // Output: 0.00000021
Explanation:
Why other answers did not suit me:
Double.toString() or System.out.println or FloatingDecimal.toJavaFormatString uses scientific notations if double is less than 10^-3 or greater than or equal to 10^7
By using %f, the default decimal precision is 6, otherwise you can hardcode it, but it results in extra zeros added if you have fewer decimals. Example:
double myValue = 0.00000021d;
String.format("%.12f", myvalue); // Output: 0.000000210000
By using setMaximumFractionDigits(0); or %.0f you remove any decimal precision, which is fine for integers/longs, but not for double:
double myValue = 0.00000021d;
System.out.println(String.format("%.0f", myvalue)); // Output: 0
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0");
System.out.println(df.format(myValue)); // Output: 0
By using DecimalFormat, you are local dependent. In French locale, the decimal separator is a comma, not a point:
double myValue = 0.00000021d;
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0");
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(340);
System.out.println(df.format(myvalue)); // Output: 0,00000021
Using the ENGLISH locale makes sure you get a point for decimal separator, wherever your program will run.
Why using 340 then for setMaximumFractionDigits?
Two reasons:
setMaximumFractionDigits accepts an integer, but its implementation has a maximum digits allowed of DecimalFormat.DOUBLE_FRACTION_DIGITS which equals 340
Double.MIN_VALUE = 4.9E-324 so with 340 digits you are sure not to round your double and lose precision.

You can try it with DecimalFormat. With this class you are very flexible in parsing your numbers.
You can exactly set the pattern you want to use.
In your case for example:
double test = 12345678;
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#");
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(0);
System.out.println(df.format(test)); //12345678

I've got another solution involving BigDecimal's toPlainString(), but this time using the String-constructor, which is recommended in the javadoc:
this constructor is compatible with the values returned by Float.toString and Double.toString. This is generally the preferred way to convert a float or double into a BigDecimal, as it doesn't suffer from the unpredictability of the BigDecimal(double) constructor.
It looks like this in its shortest form:
return new BigDecimal(myDouble.toString()).stripTrailingZeros().toPlainString();
NaN and infinite values have to be checked extra, so looks like this in its complete form:
public static String doubleToString(Double d) {
if (d == null)
return null;
if (d.isNaN() || d.isInfinite())
return d.toString();
return new BigDecimal(d.toString()).stripTrailingZeros().toPlainString();
}
This can also be copied/pasted to work nicely with Float.
For Java 7 and below, this results in "0.0" for any zero-valued Doubles, so you would need to add:
if (d.doubleValue() == 0)
return "0";

Java/Kotlin compiler converts any value greater than 9999999 (greater than or equal to 10 million) to scientific notation ie. Epsilion notation.
Ex: 12345678 is converted to 1.2345678E7
Use this code to avoid automatic conversion to scientific notation:
fun setTotalSalesValue(String total) {
var valueWithoutEpsilon = total.toBigDecimal()
/* Set the converted value to your android text view using setText() function */
salesTextView.setText( valueWithoutEpsilon.toPlainString() )
}

This will work as long as your number is a whole number:
double dnexp = 12345678;
System.out.println("dexp: " + (long)dexp);
If the double variable has precision after the decimal point it will truncate it.

I needed to convert some double to currency values and found that most of the solutions were OK, but not for me.
The DecimalFormat was eventually the way for me, so here is what I've done:
public String foo(double value) //Got here 6.743240136E7 or something..
{
DecimalFormat formatter;
if(value - (int)value > 0.0)
formatter = new DecimalFormat("0.00"); // Here you can also deal with rounding if you wish..
else
formatter = new DecimalFormat("0");
return formatter.format(value);
}
As you can see, if the number is natural I get - say - 20000000 instead of 2E7 (etc.) - without any decimal point.
And if it's decimal, I get only two decimal digits.

I think everyone had the right idea, but all answers were not straightforward.
I can see this being a very useful piece of code. Here is a snippet of what will work:
System.out.println(String.format("%.8f", EnterYourDoubleVariableHere));
the ".8" is where you set the number of decimal places you would like to show.
I am using Eclipse and it worked no problem.
Hope this was helpful. I would appreciate any feedback!

The following code detects if the provided number is presented in scientific notation. If so it is represented in normal presentation with a maximum of '25' digits.
static String convertFromScientificNotation(double number) {
// Check if in scientific notation
if (String.valueOf(number).toLowerCase().contains("e")) {
System.out.println("The scientific notation number'"
+ number
+ "' detected, it will be converted to normal representation with 25 maximum fraction digits.");
NumberFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat();
formatter.setMaximumFractionDigits(25);
return formatter.format(number);
} else
return String.valueOf(number);
}

This may be a tangent.... but if you need to put a numerical value as an integer (that is too big to be an integer) into a serializer (JSON, etc.) then you probably want "BigInterger"
Example:
value is a string - 7515904334
We need to represent it as a numerical in a Json message:
{
"contact_phone":"800220-3333",
"servicer_id":7515904334,
"servicer_name":"SOME CORPORATION"
}
We can't print it or we'll get this:
{
"contact_phone":"800220-3333",
"servicer_id":"7515904334",
"servicer_name":"SOME CORPORATION"
}
Adding the value to the node like this produces the desired outcome:
BigInteger.valueOf(Long.parseLong(value, 10))
I'm not sure this is really on-topic, but since this question was my top hit when I searched for my solution, I thought I would share here for the benefit of others, lie me, who search poorly. :D

use String.format ("%.0f", number)
%.0f for zero decimal
String numSring = String.format ("%.0f", firstNumber);
System.out.println(numString);

I had this same problem in my production code when I was using it as a string input to a math.Eval() function which takes a string like "x + 20 / 50"
I looked at hundreds of articles... In the end I went with this because of the speed. And because the Eval function was going to convert it back into its own number format eventually and math.Eval() didn't support the trailing E-07 that other methods returned, and anything over 5 dp was too much detail for my application anyway.
This is now used in production code for an application that has 1,000+ users...
double value = 0.0002111d;
String s = Double.toString(((int)(value * 100000.0d))/100000.0d); // Round to 5 dp
s display as: 0.00021

This will work not only for a whole numbers:
double dexp = 12345678.12345678;
BigDecimal bigDecimal = new BigDecimal(Double.toString(dexp));
System.out.println("dexp: "+ bigDecimal.toPlainString());

My solution:
String str = String.format ("%.0f", yourDouble);

For integer values represented by a double, you can use this code, which is much faster than the other solutions.
public static String doubleToString(final double d) {
// check for integer, also see https://stackoverflow.com/a/9898613/868941 and
// https://github.com/google/guava/blob/master/guava/src/com/google/common/math/DoubleMath.java
if (isMathematicalInteger(d)) {
return Long.toString((long)d);
} else {
// or use any of the solutions provided by others, this is the best
DecimalFormat df =
new DecimalFormat("0", DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.ENGLISH));
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(340); // 340 = DecimalFormat.DOUBLE_FRACTION_DIGITS
return df.format(d);
}
}
// Java 8+
public static boolean isMathematicalInteger(final double d) {
return StrictMath.rint(d) == d && Double.isFinite(d);
}

This works for me. The output will be a String.
String.format("%.12f", myvalue);

Good way to convert scientific e notation
String.valueOf(YourDoubleValue.longValue())

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