I am doing a college assignment in Java that deals with currency. For that I am advised to use ints instead of doubles and then later convert it to a dollar value when I print out the statement.
Everything works fine until I do calculations on the number 4005 (as in $40.05 represented as an int). I am pasting the part of code I am having problems with, I would appreciate if someone could tell me what I am doing wrong.
import java.io.*;
class modumess {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int money = 4005; //Amount in cents, so $40.05;
// Represent as normal currency
System.out.printf("$%d.%d", money/100, money%100);
}
}
The above code, when run, shows $40.5, instead of $40.05. What gives?
Kindly note that this is for my homework and I want to learn, so I would really appreciate an explanation about the root of the problem here rather than just a simple solution.
EDIT: Following Finbarr's answer, I have added the following to the code which seems to have fixed the problem:
if (money%100 < 10) {
format = "$%d.0%d";
}
Is this a good way to do it or am I over-complicating things here?
EDIT: I just want to make it clear that it was both Finbarr and Wes's answer that helped me, I accepted Wes's answer because it made it clearer for me on how to proceed.