Wednesday, February 4, 2026
HomeLanguagesJavaBigInteger floatValue() Method in Java

BigInteger floatValue() Method in Java

The java.math.BigInteger.floatValue() converts this BigInteger to a float value. If the value returned by this function is too big for a magnitude to represent as a float then it will be converted to Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY or Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY as appropriate. There is a chance that this conversion can lose information about the precision of the BigInteger value.

Syntax:

public float floatValue()

Returns: The method returns a float value which represents float value for this BigInteger.

Examples:

Input: BigInteger1=32145
Output: 32145.0
Explanation: BigInteger1.floatValue()=32145.0.

Input: BigInteger1=32145535361361525377
Output: 3.2145535E19
Explanation: BigInteger1.floatValue()=3.2145535E19. This BigInteger is too big 
for a magnitude to represent as a float then it will be converted to 
Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY or Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY as appropriate.

Below programs illustrate floatValue() method of BigInteger class:

Example 1:




// Java program to demonstrate floatValue() method of BigInteger
  
import java.math.BigInteger;
  
public class GFG {
  
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // Creating 2 BigInteger objects
        BigInteger b1, b2;
  
        b1 = new BigInteger("32145");
        b2 = new BigInteger("7613721");
  
        // apply floatValue() method
        float floatValueOfb1 = b1.floatValue();
        float floatValueOfb2 = b2.floatValue();
  
        // print floatValue
        System.out.println("floatValue of "
                           + b1 + " : " + floatValueOfb1);
        System.out.println("floatValue of "
                           + b2 + " : " + floatValueOfb2);
    }
}


Output:

floatValue of 32145 : 32145.0
floatValue of 7613721 : 7613721.0

Example 2: When return float is too big for a magnitude to represent as a float.




// Java program to demonstrate floatValue() method of BigInteger
  
import java.math.BigInteger;
  
public class GFG {
  
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Creating 2 BigInteger objects
        BigInteger b1, b2;
  
        b1 = new BigInteger("32145535361361525377");
        b2 = new BigInteger("7613721535372632367351");
  
        // apply floatValue() method
        float floatValueOfb1 = b1.floatValue();
        float floatValueOfb2 = b2.floatValue();
  
        // print floatValue
        System.out.println("floatValue of "
                           + b1 + " : " + floatValueOfb1);
        System.out.println("floatValue of "
                           + b2 + " : " + floatValueOfb2);
    }
}


Output:

floatValue of 32145535361361525377 : 3.2145535E19
floatValue of 7613721535372632367351 : 7.6137214E21

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

RELATED ARTICLES

1 COMMENT

Most Popular

Dominic
32478 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Milvus
124 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Nango Kala
6849 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Nicole Veronica
11980 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Nokonwaba Nkukhwana
12066 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Shaida Kate Naidoo
6987 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Ted Musemwa
7222 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Thapelo Manthata
6935 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Umr Jansen
6919 POSTS0 COMMENTS