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Numeric.toBigDecimal

return the value of the Numeric object as a Java BigDecimal

 

Calling Sequence

Description

Examples

Compatibility

Calling Sequence

java.math.BigDecimal toBigDecimal() throws MapleException

Description

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The toBigDecimal function returns the value represented in the Numeric as a Java BigDecimal.

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The java.math.BigDecimal format can represent arbitrary-precision floating-point numbers, but not NaN or infinite quantities. If the value is NaN or infinite, an error is raised.

Examples

import java.math.BigDecimal;

import com.maplesoft.openmaple.*;

import com.maplesoft.externalcall.MapleException;

class Example

{

    public static void main( String notused[] ) throws MapleException

    {

        String[] mapleArgs = { "java" };

        Engine engine = new Engine( mapleArgs, new EngineCallBacksDefault(), null, null );

        Numeric n = (Numeric)engine.evaluate( "evalf[60](Pi):" );

        System.out.println( n );

        BigDecimal bd = n.toBigDecimal();

        System.out.println( bd );

    }

}

Executing this code produces the following output.

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494

Compatibility

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The Numeric.toBigDecimal command was introduced in Maple 2018.

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For more information on Maple 2018 changes, see Updates in Maple 2018.

See Also

ExternalCalling/Java/MapleException

OpenMaple

OpenMaple/Java/API

OpenMaple/Java/Numeric

OpenMaple/Java/Numeric/byteValue

OpenMaple/Java/Numeric/doubleValue

OpenMaple/Java/Numeric/floatValue

OpenMaple/Java/Numeric/intValue

OpenMaple/Java/Numeric/isLong

OpenMaple/Java/Numeric/longValue

OpenMaple/Java/Numeric/shortValue

OpenMaple/Java/Numeric/toBigInteger