I need to return a string in the form xxx-xxxx where xxx is a number and xxxx is another number, however when i have leading zeros they disappear. I'm trying number formatter, but it's not working.
public String toString(){
NumberFormat nf3 = new DecimalFormat("#000");
NumberFormat nf4 = new DecimalFormat("#0000");
if( areaCode != 0)
return nf3.format(areaCode) + "-" + nf3.format(exchangeCode) + "-" + nf4.format(number);
else
return exchangeCode + "-" + number;
}
}
I figured it out:
public String toString(){
NumberFormat nf3 = new DecimalFormat("000");
NumberFormat nf4 = new DecimalFormat("0000");
if( areaCode != 0)
//myFormat.format(new Integer(someValue));
return nf3.format(new Integer(areaCode)) + "-" + nf3.format(new Integer(exchangeCode)) + "-" + nf4.format(new Integer(number));
else
return nf3.format(new Integer(exchangeCode)) + "-" + nf4.format(new Integer(number));
}
When areaCode is 0, you forget to call format
! Other than that, it looks fine. The leading "#" are not necessary, but won't cause any problems for valid inputs.
I just tried it out real quick to check and it worked fine for me.
public static String formatTest(int areaCode, int exchangeCode, int number) {
DecimalFormat nf3 = new DecimalFormat("#000");
DecimalFormat nf4 = new DecimalFormat("#0000");
if( areaCode != 0)
return nf3.format(areaCode) + "-" + nf3.format(exchangeCode) + "-" + nf4.format(number);
else
return nf3.format(exchangeCode) + "-" + nf4.format(number);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(formatTest(12, 90, 8));
System.out.println(formatTest(1, 953, 1932));
}
Output:
012-090-0008
001-953-1932