Android Question Big Decimal Conversion

[WDK]

I am trying to do a calculation with Big Decimal. I am getting an error stating that I can't have double variables in my formula. Do all variables in a Big Decimal calculation need to be Big Decimal?

Also, how do I convert text to Big Decimal?

ie.

BigDecimalNumber = EditText.text

Thanks for any help!
WDK

 

[sorex]

maybe you need long instead of double?

 

[WDK]

I tried long, but also get the long cannot be converted to Big Decimal.

Thanks,
WDK

 

[sorex]

doesn't that lib has own data types to cover this?

 

[WDK]

Thanks Sorex! You are correct. Appreciate the help!

WDK

 

[OliverA]

If you look at the provided XML file for the library, you'll find several Initialize routines. The first one (Initialize) will take a string and convert it to a Big Decimal object.

Therefore instead of

BigDecimalNumber = EditText.text

it should be

BigDecimalNumber.Initialize(EditText.text)

Please note that all operations (division, multiplication, addition, subtraction) must be done using the provided methods of the class instead of

CalculateFormula = FormulaFrom * FormulaTo * Ed

it would be

CalculateFormula.Initialize5(FormulaFrom.Multiply(FormulaTo.Multiply(Ed)))

Where CalculateFormula, FormulaFrom, FormulaTo and Ed have all been Dim'd as the proper big decimal type

Note: Code has not been validated. I'm just going off of what I found in the XML file and therefore may be way off base. This is just a more expanded answer to @sorex's hint.

Ninja'd as usual....

 

[WDK]

Oliver,

Thanks for the detailed information. That is really helpful and explains everything I am trying to accomplish.

Much appreciated!

WDK