printf
expects a String
as its first argument, your current argument is a badly formed expression. You could do
System.out.printf("x: %1.3f, y: %1.3f%n", xValues[index], yValues[index]);
Question
Trying to format so that my values from the xValue and yValue arrays appear with three decimal places. This is my attempt although java seems to not be accepting it :(
double[] xValues = new double[arrayAmount];
double[] yValues = new double[arrayAmount];
xValues[0] = minimumValue;
System.out.println("Values");
for (int index = 0; index<arrayAmount; index++)
{
yValues[index] = 20.0 * Math.abs((Math.sin(xValues[index])));
System.out.printf("x: " + (%1.3f, xValues[index]) + "," + "y: " + (%1.3f, yValues[index]); // compiler error
xValues[index+1] = xValues[index] + increment;
}
Solution
printf
expects a String
as its first argument, your current argument is a badly formed expression. You could do
System.out.printf("x: %1.3f, y: %1.3f%n", xValues[index], yValues[index]);
OTHER TIPS
You can use the String.format
as suggested by @Reimeus or you can use a MessageFormat
:
final MessageFormat mf = new MessageFormat("x: {0,number,0.00}, y: {1,number,0.00}");
Usage would be:
System.out.println(mf.format(new Object[]{xValues[index], yValues[index]}));