| public static String toString(float v) Returns a string rendering of the float argument.
The characters of the result are all drawn from the ASCII set.
- Any NaN, whether quiet or signaling, is rendered as
"NaN", regardless of the sign bit.
- The infinities +∞ and -∞ are rendered as
"Infinity" and "-Infinity", respectively.
- The positive and negative zeroes are rendered as
"0.0" and "-0.0", respectively.
- A finite negative
v is rendered as the sign
'-' followed by the rendering of the magnitude -v.
- A finite positive
v is rendered in two stages:
- Selection of a decimal: A well-defined
decimal d
v is selected
to represent v.
- Formatting as a string: The decimal
d
v is formatted as a string,
either in plain or in computerized scientific notation,
depending on its value.
A decimal is a number of the form
d×10i
for some (unique) integers d > 0 and i such that
d is not a multiple of 10.
These integers are the significand and
the exponent, respectively, of the decimal.
The length of the decimal is the (unique)
integer n meeting
10n-1 ≤ d < 10n.
The decimal dv
for a finite positive v is defined as follows:
- Let R be the set of all decimals that round to
v
according to the usual round-to-closest rule of
IEEE 754 floating-point arithmetic.
- Let m be the minimal length over all decimals in R.
- When m ≥ 2, let T be the set of all decimals
in R with length m.
Otherwise, let T be the set of all decimals
in R with length 1 or 2.
- Define d
v as
the decimal in T that is closest to v.
Or if there are two such decimals in T,
select the one with the even significand (there is exactly one).
The (uniquely) selected decimal dv
is then formatted.
Let d, i and n be the significand, exponent and
length of dv, respectively.
Further, let e = n + i - 1 and let
d1…dn
be the usual decimal expansion of the significand.
Note that d1 ≠ 0 ≠ dn.
- Case -3 ≤ e < 0:
d
v is formatted as
0.0…0d1…dn,
where there are exactly -(n + i) zeroes between
the decimal point and d1.
For example, 123 × 10-4 is formatted as
0.0123.
- Case 0 ≤ e < 7:
- Subcase i ≥ 0:
d
v is formatted as
d1…dn0…0.0,
where there are exactly i zeroes
between dn and the decimal point.
For example, 123 × 102 is formatted as
12300.0.
- Subcase i < 0:
d
v is formatted as
d1…dn+i.dn+i+1…dn.
There are exactly -i digits to the right of
the decimal point.
For example, 123 × 10-1 is formatted as
12.3.
- Case e < -3 or e ≥ 7:
computerized scientific notation is used to format
d
v.
Here e is formatted as by Integer#toString(int).
- Subcase n = 1:
d
v is formatted as
d1.0Ee.
For example, 1 × 1023 is formatted as
1.0E23.
- Subcase n > 1:
d
v is formatted as
d1.d2…dnEe.
For example, 123 × 10-21 is formatted as
1.23E-19.
- Parameters
- v:float
the float to be rendered.
- Returns:String
a string rendering of the argument.
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