Some Example formatters and their execution times times

gistfile1.txt

Java Formatter: Elapsed Time: 105ms
Scala Formatter: Elapsed Time: 167ms
BigDecimal Formatter: Elapsed Time: 27ms
Scala custom Formatter: Elapsed Time: 3ms

TestFormatters.scala

object TestFormatters {

  val r = scala.util.Random

  def textFormatter(x: Double) = new java.text.DecimalFormat("0.##").format(x)

  def scalaFormatter(x: Double) = "$pi%1.2f".format(x)

  def bigDecimalFormatter(x: Double) = BigDecimal(x).setScale(2, BigDecimal.RoundingMode.HALF_UP).toDouble

  def scalaCustom(x: Double) = {
    val roundBy = 2
    val w = math.pow(10, roundBy)
    (x * w).toLong.toDouble / w
  }

  def timed(f: => Unit) = {
    val start = System.currentTimeMillis()
    f
    val end = System.currentTimeMillis()
    println("Elapsed Time: " + (end - start) + "ms")
  }

  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {

    print("Java Formatter: ")
    val iters = 10000
    timed {
      (0 until iters) foreach { _ =>
        textFormatter(r.nextDouble())
      }
    }

    print("Scala Formatter: ")
    timed {
      (0 until iters) foreach { _ =>
        scalaFormatter(r.nextDouble())
      }
    }

    print("BigDecimal Formatter: ")
    timed {
      (0 until iters) foreach { _ =>
        bigDecimalFormatter(r.nextDouble())
      }
    }

    print("Scala custom Formatter: ")
    timed {
      (0 until iters) foreach { _ =>
        scalaCustom(r.nextDouble())
      }
    }
  }

}