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
