Merge pull request #1484 from RobRoseKnows/master

Added BigInteger and BigDecimal explanations to Java tutorial

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/java.html.markdown b/java.html.markdown
index 653cc97a..35ec57d8 100644
--- a/java.html.markdown
+++ b/java.html.markdown
@@ -96,11 +96,13 @@ public class LearnJava {
         // Note: Java has no unsigned types.
 
         // Float - Single-precision 32-bit IEEE 754 Floating Point
+        // 2^-149 <= float <= (2-2^-23) * 2^127
         float fooFloat = 234.5f;
         // f or F is used to denote that this variable value is of type float;
         // otherwise it is treated as double.
 
         // Double - Double-precision 64-bit IEEE 754 Floating Point
+        // 2^-1074 <= x <= (2-2^-52) * 2^1023
         double fooDouble = 123.4;
 
         // Boolean - true & false
@@ -116,6 +118,34 @@ public class LearnJava {
         final double E;
         E = 2.71828;
 
+
+        // BigInteger - Immutable arbitrary-precision integers
+        //
+        // BigInteger is a data type that allows programmers to manipulate
+        // integers longer than 64-bits. Integers are stored as an array of
+        // of bytes and are manipulated using functions built into BigInteger
+        //
+        // BigInteger can be initialized using an array of bytes or a string.
+        
+        BigInteger fooBigInteger = new BigDecimal(fooByteArray);
+
+
+        // BigDecimal - Immutable, arbitrary-precision signed decimal number
+        //
+        // A BigDecimal takes two parts: an arbitrary precision integer 
+        // unscaled value and a 32-bit integer scale
+        //
+        // BigDecimal allows the programmer complete control over decimal
+        // rounding. It is recommended to use BigDecimal with currency values
+        // and where exact decimal percision is required.
+        //
+        // BigDecimal can be initialized with an int, long, double or String
+        // or by initializing the unscaled value (BigInteger) and scale (int).
+
+        BigDecimal fooBigDecimal = new BigDecimal(fooBigInteger, fooInt);
+
+
+
         // Strings
         String fooString = "My String Is Here!";