/*
    TestFormatting.java
    CIS 160
    David Klick
    2015-09-02

    Demonstration of three different ways of creating formatted
    numeric output.
*/

import java.text.DecimalFormat;

public class TestFormatting {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        double number = 123.45678;
        String preamble = "The number is: ";
        String msg, tmp;

        // Display using printf
        //   %s substitues in a String value
        //   %6.2f substitutes in a fp value, 6 wide, two decimal positions
        //   %n is a newline
        System.out.printf("%s%6.2f%n", preamble, number);

        // Display string created using String.format
        msg = String.format("%s%6.2f%n", preamble, number);
        System.out.print(msg);

        // Create a DecimalFormat object
        // Note: Please don't use DecimalFormat. It's too complicated.
        DecimalFormat twoDigits = new DecimalFormat("###.##");
        tmp = twoDigits.format(number);
        System.out.println(preamble + tmp);
    }
}

/*
    Sample output:

    The number is: 123.46
    The number is: 123.46
    The number is: 123.46
*/