I wouldn't recomend declaring it as float ou double. With floating point, sometimes 14.8 minus 13.76 is 1.040000000000001.
Use BigDecimal. It is much safer. -- Cristiano On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Daniel Ferreira Castro <[email protected]>wrote: > I would like an opinion about what is the propper, or more recommended, way > to format a TextField to show money? > Should I declare it TextField<String> or TextField<Float>? > > And to format it with the money symbol ( Like US$) while you type? Any > ideas? > > -- > "Two rules to succeed in life: > 1 - don´t tell people everything you know." > -------- > We shall go on to the end. > We shall fight in France > We shall fightover the seas and oceans. > We shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. > We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be > We shall fight on beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, > We shall fight in the fields and in the streets, > We shall fight on the hills. > We shall never surrender. > Winston Churchill >
