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Java Math Class static float nextAfter(float starts , double directions) with example

Java Math Class static float nextAfter(float starts , double directions) method: Here, we are going to learn about the static float nextAfter(float starts , double directions) method of Math Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on September 07, 2019

Math Class static float nextAfter(float starts , double directions)

• This method is available in java.lang package.
• This method is used to return the float floating-point number adjacent to the first parameter (starts) in the direction of the second parameter (directions).
• Let suppose both arguments passed in the method are equivalent so in that case the second parameter is returned.
• This is a static method, so it is accessible with the class name too.
• The return type of this method is float, it returns the float floating-point number adjacent to start in the direction of the second argument.
• In this method, we pass two parameters first is of float type and second one is of double, so the first parameter represents the initial or starting floating-point value and the second parameter represents the value denoting which of the given first parameter neighbor (Starts neighbor) or start is returned.
• This method does not throw any exception.

Syntax:

    public static float nextAfter(float starts , double directions){
    }

Parameter(s):

• starts – represents the initial or starting floating-point value.
• directions – represents the value denoting which of the given first parameter neighbor (starts neighbor).

Return value:

The return type of this method is float, it returns the double floating-point number adjacent to the first parameter (starts) in the direction of second parameter (directions).

Note:

• If we pass "NaN" (Not a Number), it returns the same i.e. "NaN".
• If we pass the same value in both of the parameters, it returns the same value.
• If we pass "float.MIN_VALUE" as the first parameter and second parameter holds another value, it returns smaller value i.e. the same value is with the same sign as the first parameter.
• If we pass infinity as first parameter and second parameter holds another value, it returns the "float.MAX_VALUE" with the same sign as the first parameter.
• If we pass "float.MAX_VALUE" as the first parameter and second parameter holds another value, it returns the largest value with the same sign as the first parameter.

Java program to demonstrate example of nextAfter(float starts , double directions) method

// Java program to demonstrate the example of nextAfter
// (float starts , double directions) method of Math Class.

public class NextAfterFloatTypeMethod {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //declaring variables
        float f1 = -2.6f;
        float f2 = 0.0f;
        double d3 = 0.0;
        double d4 = -7.0 / 0.0;

        // displaying the values
        System.out.println("f1: " + f1);
        System.out.println("f2: " + f2);
        System.out.println("d3: " + d3);
        System.out.println("d4: " + d4);

        // Here , we will get (-2.5 (approx.)) because we are passing 
        // parameter whose value is (-2.6f,0.0)
        System.out.println("Math.nextAfter (f1,d3): " + Math.nextAfter(f1, d3));

        // Here , we will get (Float.MAX_VALUE) and we are passing 
        // parameter whose value is (0.0f,-7.0/0.0)
        System.out.println("Math.nextAfter (f1,d3): " + Math.nextAfter(f2, d4));

        // Here , we will get (-2.5 (approx)) and we are passing 
        // parameter whose value is (-2.6f,0.0)
        System.out.println("Math.nextAfter (f1,d3): " + Math.nextAfter(f1, d3));

        // Here , we will get (smallest value) and we are passing 
        // parameter whose value is (0.0f,-7.0/0.0)
        System.out.println("Math.nextAfter (f1,d3): " + Math.nextAfter(f2, d4));
    }
}

Output

E:\Programs>javac NextAfterFloatTypeMethod.java

E:\Programs>java NextAfterFloatTypeMethod
f1: -2.6
f2: 0.0
d3: 0.0
d4: -Infinity
Math.nextAfter (f1,d3): -2.5999997
Math.nextAfter (f1,d3): -1.4E-45
Math.nextAfter (f1,d3): -2.5999997
Math.nextAfter (f1,d3): -1.4E-45