public class Format { public static void main(String[] arg) { double bankBalance = 3456.7; DecimalFormat frm = new DecimalFormat("0.00"); frm.format(bankBalance, new StringBuffer(), new FieldPosition(0)); System.out.println(frm.parse(frm).doubleValue()); } } Compiling Errors: --------------------Configuration: DecimalFormat - j2sdk1.4.2_12 - -------------------- C:\Documents and Settings\Alex Lysenka\My Documents\Java\DecimalFormat\Format.java:7: cannot resolve symbol symbol : constructor DecimalFormat (java.lang.String) location: class DecimalFormat DecimalFormat frm = new DecimalFormat("0.00"); ^ C:\Documents and Settings\Alex Lysenka\My Documents\Java\DecimalFormat\Format.java:9: cannot resolve symbol symbol : class FieldPosition location: class Format frm.format(bankBalance, new StringBuffer(), new FieldPosition(0)); ^ C:\Documents and Settings\Alex Lysenka\My Documents\Java\DecimalFormat\Format.java:11: cannot resolve symbol symbol : method parse (DecimalFormat) location: class DecimalFormat System.out.println(frm.parse(frm).doubleValue()); ^ 3 errors Process completed.