cast Long to BigDecimal

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Suresh picture Suresh · May 28, 2009 · Viewed 86.1k times · Source

How can I cast Long to BigDecimal?

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Silfverstrom picture Silfverstrom · May 28, 2009

You'll have to create a new BigDecimal.

BigDecimal d = new BigDecimal(long);

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