question: public void testLongValueNeg ( ) { String a = "-123809648392384754573567356745735.63567890295784902768787678287E+21" ; BigDecimal aNumber = new BigDecimal ( a ) ; long result = - 1246043477766677607L ; assertTrue ( "incorrect value" , aNumber . longValue ( ) == result ) ; }
target:  Long value of a negative BigDecimal