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BigDecimal longValue() Method in Java

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The java.math.BigDecimal.longValue() is an in-built function which converts this BigDecimal to a long value. This function discards any fractional part of this BigDecimal. The function returns only the lower-order 64 bits when the result of the conversion is too big to be represented as a long value.

Syntax:

public long longValue()

Parameters: This function accepts no parameters.

Return Value: This function returns the long value of this BigDecimal.

Examples:

Input : 1987812456121.176
Output : 1987812456121

Input : "721111"
Output : 721111

Below programs illustrate the use of java.math.BigDecimal.longValue() method:

Program 1:




// Java program to illustrate
// longValue() method
import java.math.*;
import java.io.*;
  
class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Creating 2 BigDecimal Objects
        BigDecimal b1, b2;
  
        // Assigning values to b1, b2
        b1 = new BigDecimal("1987812456121.176");
        b2 = new BigDecimal("721111");
  
        // Displaying their respective Long Values
        System.out.println("The Long Value of " + b1 +
        " is " + b1.longValue());
        System.out.println("The Long Value of " + b2 + 
        " is " + b2.longValue());
    }
}


Output:

The Long Value of 1987812456121.176 is 1987812456121
The Long Value of 721111 is 721111

Note: Information regarding the overall magnitude and precision of large this BigDecimal values might be lost during the course of conversion by this function. As a consequence, a result with the opposite sign might be returned.

Program 2: Below program illustrates a scenario when the function returns a result with the opposite sign.




// Java program to illustrate
// longValue() method
import java.math.*;
import java.io.*;
  
class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Creating 2 BigDecimal Objects
        BigDecimal b1, b2;
  
        // Assigning values to b1, b2
        b1 = new BigDecimal("267694723232435121868");
        b2 = new BigDecimal("72111184561789104423");
  
        // Displaying their respective Long Values
        System.out.println("The Long Value of " + b1 + 
        " is " + b1.longValue());
        System.out.println("The Long Value of " + b2 + 
        " is " + b2.longValue());
    }
}


Output:

The Long Value of 267694723232435121868 is -9006437873208152372
The Long Value of 72111184561789104423 is -1675791733049102041

Reference:https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/math/BigDecimal.html#longValue()



Last Updated : 04 Dec, 2018
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