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Dileep_NR
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April 28, 2010
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Why Number displayed in scientific notation

  • April 28, 2010
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I have tried to add two numbers and got a result displayed in scientific notation.

Then I have used the 'decimalformat()' function and result is wrong.

How can display the correct result. Please help

Please see the code I have used

<cfset N1=1>

<cfset N2=9999999999999899999999>

<cfset RESULT = N1+ N2>

<cfoutput>

#RESULT#

<br />

#decimalformat(RESULT)#

</cfoutput>

result :

1E+022
92,233,720,368,547,760.00

Thanks in advance

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    Correct answer BKBK

    <cfset N1= createobject("java","java.math.BigInteger").init("1")>


    <cfset N2 = createobject("java","java.math.BigInteger").init("9999999999999899999999")>

    <cfset RESULT = N1.add(N2).toString()>

    <cfoutput>#result#</cfoutput>

    2 replies

    BKBK
    Community Expert
    BKBKCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    April 28, 2010

    <cfset N1= createobject("java","java.math.BigInteger").init("1")>


    <cfset N2 = createobject("java","java.math.BigInteger").init("9999999999999899999999")>

    <cfset RESULT = N1.add(N2).toString()>

    <cfoutput>#result#</cfoutput>
    Dileep_NR
    Dileep_NRAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 30, 2010

    Hi BKBK,

              THANKS for your help.

    BKBK
    Community Expert
    BKBKCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 30, 2010

    OK.

    A
    Adam Cameron.
    Inspiring
    April 28, 2010

    Because the maximum value for an integer in CF is (2^31)-1 (this will be depended on your JVM, I guess).  Which is 2147483647: far less than 9999999999999899999999, so 9999999999999899999999 needs to be stored as a DOUBLE, which is represented as a precision & a scale.

    It might pay to read up on how numbers are stored in computing.

    --
    Adam

    Dileep_NR
    Dileep_NRAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 28, 2010

    Thanks for your reply,

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