On Tue, 23 May 2023 05:31:37 GMT, Justin Lu <j...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Please review this PR which updates the Scientific Notation section of 
>> Decimal Format. It aims to resolve 
>> [JDK-8159023](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8159023) as well as 
>> [JDK-6282188](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-6282188).
>> 
>> **Scientific Notation** in Decimal Format contains the definition for a 
>> scientific notation formatted number's mantissa as such: _The number of 
>> significant digits in the mantissa is the sum of the minimum integer and 
>> maximum fraction digits, and is unaffected by the maximum integer digits. 
>> For example, 12345 formatted with "##0.##E0" is "12.3E3"._
>> 
>> Both the definition and example are incorrect, as the actual result is 
>> "12.E345". 
>> 
>> The following example data show that scientific notation formatted numbers 
>> do not adhere to that definition. As, according to the definition, the 
>> following numbers should have 3 significant digits, but in reality, they 
>> have up to 5.
>> 
>> 123 formatted by ##0.#E0 is 123E0
>> 1234 formatted by ##0.#E0 is 1.234E3
>> 12345 formatted by ##0.#E0 is 12.34E3
>> 123456 formatted by ##0.#E0 is 123.5E3
>> 1234567 formatted by ##0.#E0 is 1.235E6
>> 12345678 formatted by ##0.#E0 is 12.35E6
>> 123456789 formatted by ##0.#E0 is 123.5E6 
>> 
>> 
>> The actual definition of the mantissa, as well as examples and further 
>> context are included in this change. In addition, a test has been added that 
>> tests various patterns to numbers and ensures the format follows the new 
>> definition's mathematical expression.
>
> Justin Lu has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
> commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Review: replace counting with isDigit, use all caps static final vars

Looks good

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Marked as reviewed by naoto (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14066#pullrequestreview-1440125960

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