XSD Numeric Data Types
Decimal data types are used for numeric values.
Decimal Data Type
The decimal data type is used to specify a numeric value.
The following is an example of a decimal declaration in a schema:
| <xs:element name="prize" type="xs:decimal"/> |
An element in your document might look like this:
Or it might look like this:
Or it might look like this:
Or it might look like this:
Or it might look like this:
Note: The maximum number of decimal digits you can specify is 18.
Integer Data Type
The integer data type is used to specify a numeric value without a fractional component.
The following is an example of an integer declaration in a schema:
| <xs:element name="prize" type="xs:integer"/> |
An element in your document might look like this:
Or it might look like this:
Or it might look like this:
Or it might look like this:
Numeric Data Types
Note that all of the data types below derive from the Decimal data type
(except for decimal itself)!
| Name |
Description |
| byte |
A signed 8-bit integer |
| decimal |
A decimal value |
| int |
A signed 32-bit integer |
| integer |
An integer value |
| long |
A signed 64-bit integer |
| negativeInteger |
An integer containing only negative values (..,-2,-1) |
| nonNegativeInteger |
An integer containing only non-negative values (0,1,2,..) |
| nonPositiveInteger |
An integer containing only non-positive values (..,-2,-1,0) |
| positiveInteger |
An integer containing only positive values (1,2,..) |
| short |
A signed 16-bit integer |
| unsignedLong |
An unsigned 64-bit integer |
| unsignedInt |
An unsigned 32-bit integer |
| unsignedShort |
An unsigned 16-bit integer |
| unsignedByte |
An unsigned 8-bit integer |
Restrictions on Numeric Data Types
Restrictions that can be used with Numeric data types:
- enumeration
- fractionDigits
- maxExclusive
- maxInclusive
- minExclusive
- minInclusive
- pattern
- totalDigits
- whiteSpace
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