Problem with decimals in Java

Question:

I am doing small problems as a practice for the course I am following in Java.

I want when I enter two results, like for example:

50,000 and 20,000 the result you get is 30,000 and not 30.0

On the contrary, when I write 50,000 and 42,521, the result is complete.

Thanks

CODE

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class Supermercado {

    public static void main (String [] args) {

        String pago = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Ingrese el monto pagado por el cliente");

        double pago2 = Double.parseDouble(pago);

        String precio = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Ingrese el valor del producto");

        double precio2 = Double.parseDouble(precio);

        double cambio = pago2 - precio2;

        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"El cambio es igual a " + cambio);

    }
}

Answer:

The value internally is the same, you're just trying to represent it, that's why I recommend using

String.format(java.util.Locale.US,"%.3f", cambio);

The first argument is the locale that will let you know if points or commas are used in decimals, the second is a format string telling it that it will receive a floating point number ( %f ) but that it will to always format with three decimal places %.3f .

That method returns a string with the format already applied.

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"El cambio es igual a " + String.format(java.util.Locale.US,"%.3f", cambio));

Greetings.

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