SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java

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int dollar = 100;
int dime = 10;
int number = 7;
System.out.println(
  "A dollar less " + number + " dimes is $0." + (dollar - number * dime) + " cents" 
);

This code correctly outputs:

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A dollar less 7 dimes is $0.30 cents

Compliant Solution

This compliant solution uses the BigDecimal type, which provides exact representation of decimal values. Note that on most platforms, computations performed using BigDecimal are less efficient than those performed using primitive types. 

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