xs:decimal

Construct a decimal value from an item value.

Related Syntax Constructs

The following construct(s) refer to this construct:

[ Syntax | Description | Argument | Example ]

Syntax

xs:decimal(item $value) => decimal

Description

This is a constructor function that takes an item value as argument and returns a value of type xs:decimal. If the argument is a literal, then the literal must be a valid lexical form of its type.

As specified in the respective section of the W3C recommendation XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes, a value of type xs:decimal represents a decimal number. However, omitting a leading "0" in front of a fractional number is not allowed.

Argument

$value	item value

Example

Generate a valid value of type xs:decimal:
```
xs:decimal("002002.270")
```