Java.math.BigDecimal.plus() Method

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Description

The java.math.BigDecimal.plus() returns a BigDecimal whose value is (+this), and whose scale is this.scale().

This method, which simply returns this BigDecimal is included for symmetry with the unary minus method negate().

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.math.BigDecimal.plus() method.

public BigDecimal plus()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method returns the object value i.e this.

Exception

NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of math.BigDecimal.plus() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.math.*;

public class BigDecimalDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create 2 BigDecimal Objects
      BigDecimal bg1, bg2;

      // assign value to bg1
      bg1 = new BigDecimal("-123.126");

      // assign the result of plus method on bg1 to bg2
      bg2 = bg1.plus();

      String str = "The value of the BigDecimal is " + bg2;

      // print the value of bg2
      System.out.println( str );
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

The value of the BigDecimal is -123.126