xs:integer

Construct an integer value from a value of any simple type.

Top of page

Related Syntax Constructs

The following construct(s) refer to this construct:


Syntax

xs:integer(anySimpleType $value) => integer

Description

This is a constructor function that takes a value of any simple type as argument and returns a value of type xs:integer. 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:integer represents an integer value derived from xs:decimal. Please refer to the section Derived built-in data types in the Tamino XML Schema User Guide for information about the supported range of values. Any decimal places after the point are truncated when casting.

Please note that a value of this type is not checked against the set of existing language identifiers.

Argument

$value

value of any simple type

Example

  • Generate valid values of type xs:integer:

    xs:integer(2.00272E3)
    xs:integer("002002")

    The first invocation of xs:integer casts the floating-point number to an integer, while the second takes the string literal which is a valid lexical form of an integer value. In both cases the integer number is represented as 2002.