BigDecimal.Scale Method

Definition

Returns the scale of this BigDecimal.

[Android.Runtime.Register("scale", "()I", "GetScaleHandler")]
public virtual int Scale ();
[<Android.Runtime.Register("scale", "()I", "GetScaleHandler")>]
abstract member Scale : unit -> int
override this.Scale : unit -> int

Returns

the scale of this BigDecimal.

Attributes

Remarks

Returns the scale of this BigDecimal. If zero or positive, the scale is the number of digits to the right of the decimal point. If negative, the unscaled value of the number is multiplied by ten to the power of the negation of the scale. For example, a scale of -3 means the unscaled value is multiplied by 1000.

Java documentation for java.math.BigDecimal.scale().

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Applies to