java - Dividing two number without losing precision -

i dividing 2 numbers 466489/249001 results in non-terminating decimal expansion.

as bigdecimal class stores floating-point numbers practically unlimited precision, have gone it.

    bigdecimal dividend = bigdecimal.valueof(466489l);     bigdecimal divisor  = bigdecimal.valueof(249001l);     system.out.println((double)466489/249001);     //1.8734422753322275     system.out.println(dividend.divide(divisor, mathcontext.decimal128));     //1.873442275332227581415335681382806 

from wolframalpha getting result as

1.87344227533222758141533568138280569154340745619495504034120344898213260187710089517712780269958755185722145694193999220...

so suppose result precise.

now want know how can more precision in result using bigdecimal calculated wolframalpha?

you should able provide mathcontext instance custom precision, e.g.

dividend.divide(divisor, new mathcontext( 100 ) ); //whatever precision need