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In this post, we will see how to format a number using DecimalFormat in java. DecimalFormat DecimalFormat class is subclass of NumberFormat class and it is used to format numbers by using specify formatting pattern.We can format a number upto 2 decimal place,upto 3 decimal place, using comma to separate digits. Creating DecimalFormat object The string(i.e pattern) we pass in DecimalFormat constructor specify format for the number. DecimalFormat’s format method can be used to format a number.Once we create object of DecimalFormat object, we can call format method and pass the number as parameter. Few Number Format pattern