Java – Find Long Argument Decremented – decrementExact() Method with Examples

decrementExact() method exists in Math class of java.lang package.
Since: JDK1.8

The declaration of decrementExact() method is:

public static long decrementExact(long x)

The syntax of decrementExact() method in Java is:

 
java.lang.Math.decrementExact(long x)

Example

/*
*Find the argument decremented by one of given input(long) without importing the 
java.lang Package.
*/
public class JavaMathExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Declaring variables
        long x = -4876.1874;
        long result;
        //Assign argument decremented by one of x to result variable
        result = java.lang.Math.decrementExact(x);
        //Printing result to the console
        System.out.println(result);
    }
}

Output:

Example
By importing java.lang package the syntax of decrementExact() method can be used as:

/*
*Find the argument decremented by one of given input(long) by importing the java.lang Package.
*/
import java.lang.*;  //importing package

public class JavaMathExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        //Declaring variables
        long x = -68.97;
        long result;
        
        //Assign argument decremented by one of x to result variable
        result = Math.decrementExact(x);
        
        //Printing result to the console
        System.out.println(result);
    }
}

Output:

ArithmeticException – if the result overflows a long
Example

/*
*This example shows some special cases of decrementExact() method in Java
*/
import java.lang.*; //importing java.lang package

public class JavaMathExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        //Declaring variables
        long positiveZero = 0;
        long negativeZero = -0;
        long positiveInfinity = Long.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
        long negativeInfinity = Long.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
        long nan = Double.NaN;
        long result;

        //Here argument is positive zero, output will also be positive zero
        result = Math.decrementExact(positiveZero);
        System.out.println(result);

        //Here argument is negative zero, output will be positive zero
        result = Math.decrementExact(negativeZero);
        System.out.println(result);

        //Here argument is positive infinity, output will also be positive infinity
        result = Math.decrementExact(positiveInfinity);
        System.out.println(result);

        //Here argument is negative infinity, output will be negative infinity
        result = Math.decrementExact(negativeInfinity);
        System.out.println(result);

        //Here argument is NaN, output will be NaN
        result = Math.decrementExact(nan);
        System.out.println(result);


    }

}

Output:

x – Where x is any valid long input value. This parameter is required.

If the x parameter is not a number decrementExact() method returns an error.
If there is no argument (x – input value) passes to the method, the compiler will produce an error.Example

/*
*This example returns a compile time error
*/
import java.lang.*; //importing java.lang package

public class JavaMathExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        //Declaring variables
        String x = "Not a number";
        long result;

        //argument is not a number
        result = Math.decrementExact(x);
        System.out.println(result);

        //Here no argument is used
        result = Math.decrementExact();
        System.out.println(result);


    }

}

Output:
Error

decrementExact() method returns the argument decremented by one of a long value for the given input (x – parameter).

import java.lang.*; //importing java.lang package

public class JavaMathExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        long negativeValue = -18.869;
        long positiveValue = 27.78639;
        long zero = 0;
        System.out.println("argument decremented by one of a Negative Value: "+Math.decrementExact(negativeValue));
        System.out.println("argument decremented by one of a Positive Value: "+Math.decrementExact(positiveValue));
        System.out.println("argument decremented by one of Zero: "+Math.decrementExact(zero));

    }
}

Output:

import java.lang.*; //importing java.lang package

public class JavaMathExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Declare and initialize an array containing long values
        long test [] = { Long.MAX_VALUE, Long.MIN_VALUE, 
		Long.NaN, Long.MIN_EXPONENT, 42.867e-12, 16.852, 0, -2.58, -78.8569e7 };

        //Use for loop to print argument decremented by one of each element of the array
        for (int i=0; i < test.length; i++) {
            System.out.println(  Math.decrementExact(test[i])  );
        }

    }
}

Output: