Java Formatting Float Decimal Points

Question

I was having some problem when trying to perform calculation in Java. Here is my codes:

NumberFormat pctFormatter = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance();
    pctFormatter.setMinimumFractionDigits(0);
    pctFormatter.setMaximumFractionDigits(0);
    for(int count = 0; count< amtGenderList.size(); count++){
        if(amtGenderList.get(count).getGender().equals("M")){
            totalMale = Integer.parseInt(amtGenderList.get(count).getTotalAttendee())/totalAttendee * 100;
            Log.i("Male", String.valueOf(totalMale));
        }else{
            totalFemale = Integer.parseInt(amtGenderList.get(count).getTotalAttendee())/totalAttendee * 100;
        }
        Log.i("Total",amtGenderList.get(count).getTotalAttendee());
        Log.i("Gender",amtGenderList.get(count).getGender());
    }

    Log.i("M", pctFormatter.format(totalMale));
    Log.i("F", pctFormatter.format(totalFemale));

I printed out log to check the values. So bascially I have a totalAttendee variable to store the total attendee of certain event. Then from there, I execute another SQL to get the totalMale and totalFemale.

When I tried to perform some calculation to get the percentage of totalMale and female over totalAttendee, I am getting the results as:

12-01 17:20:26.348: I/Total(10393): 1
12-01 17:20:26.348: I/Gender(10393): F
12-01 17:20:26.348: I/Male(10393): 0.0
12-01 17:20:26.348: I/Total(10393): 2
12-01 17:20:26.348: I/Gender(10393): M
12-01 17:20:26.348: I/M(10393): 0
12-01 17:20:26.348: I/F(10393): 0

I managed to get the Total and Gender printed from Log so that means my retrieval has no problem. However, when I tried to convert it into percentage, I am getting 0. Any ideas?

Jesper · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-01 09:29:23Z

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You are doing integer division here:

Integer.parseInt(amtGenderList.get(count).getTotalAttendee())/totalAttendee * 100

If you do integer division, things get truncated, so for example 75 / 100 is 0.

Do floating-point division instead, by converting one of the values to for example a double:

Integer.parseInt(amtGenderList.get(count).getTotalAttendee()) / (double) totalAttendee * 100

answered Dec 1, 2014 at 9:29

Jesper

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