Retain precision with double in Java

Question

public class doublePrecision {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        double total = 0;
        total += 5.6;
        total += 5.8;
        System.out         


        

Answer 1

Short answer: Always use BigDecimal and make sure you are using the constructor with String argument, not the double one.

Back to your example, the following code will print 11.4, as you wish.

public class doublePrecision {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
      BigDecimal total = new BigDecimal("0");
      total = total.add(new BigDecimal("5.6"));
      total = total.add(new BigDecimal("5.8"));
      System.out.println(total);
    }
}