The setNegativePrefix() method of the DecimalFormat class in Java is used to set a negative value of this DecimalFormat instance.
Syntax:
public void setNegativePrefix(String newValue)
Parameters: This method a single parameter newValue which is the new value to be set as a negative prefix for this DecimalFormat instance.
Return Value: This method does not returns any value.
Below program illustrate the above method:
// Java program to illustrate the// setNegativePrefix() method import java.text.DecimalFormat; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // Create a DecimalFormat instance DecimalFormat deciFormat = new DecimalFormat(); // Set a negative prefix value deciFormat.setNegativePrefix("negative"); // Print a number with negative prefix set System.out.println(deciFormat.format(-123.45)); }} |
Output:
negative123.45
