From f7af2da9dbb504377c2ff7c2f29a55b9f363a4c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy <andrewgallasch@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 18:31:51 +1030
Subject: Added BigDecimal float constructor caveat

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 java.html.markdown | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/java.html.markdown b/java.html.markdown
index 1813f81c..d7d0199b 100644
--- a/java.html.markdown
+++ b/java.html.markdown
@@ -144,7 +144,12 @@ public class LearnJava {
         // or by initializing the unscaled value (BigInteger) and scale (int).
 
         BigDecimal fooBigDecimal = new BigDecimal(fooBigInteger, fooInt);
-
+        
+        // Be wary of the constructor that takes a float or double as
+        // the inaccuracy of the float/double will be copied in BigDecimal.
+        // Prefer the String constructor when you need an exact value.
+        
+        BigDecimal tenCents = new BigDecimal("0.1");
 
 
         // Strings
-- 
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