int to BigDecimal

[spmkkmps]

Hi

In my application there is a field "Period" of type BigDecimal. i need to check for a condition like,

($F{Period} != 0)?value1:value2

but it says, Incompatible operand types BigDecimal and int

 

and  another condition like,

($F{Period} < 0)?value1:value2

but it gives me the following error,

the operator < is undefined for the argument type(s) BigDecimal, int

 

Can you please tell me what needs to be changed in my syntax. Please post your answers soon. Its very urgent. Thanks a lot.

 

Madhan!!!!

 

[baggypants]

Try

 

($F{Period} != new BigDecimal(0))?value1:value2

 

I'm new at this Java thing so it may not work

[mdahlman]

No, operators like "not equal" don't work on objects like that. Rather than converting zero to a BigDecimal, you probably need to go the other way: convert the BigDecimal to an int. Like this:

 

($F{Period}.intValue() < 0)?value1:value2

 

Regards,
Matt

 

baggypants's idea could also work, but it's probably more difficult. It would be more like this:
($F{Period}.compareTo(new BigDecimal(0)) != 0) ? value1 : value2

[jafarcs01]

Try

BigDecimal secondNum = new BigDecimal(0);

if($F{Period}.compareTo(secondNum)>0))

 

Regards,

Jaf