XML Schema numeric data type

May 28, 2021 XML Schema

XSD Numeric data type

This section explains the numeric data types in XML Schema.

The hedding data type is used to specify a value.

Here is an example of a hedding declaration in a scheme.

<xs:element name="prize" type="xs:decimal"/>

The elements in the document should look something like this:

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Note: The maximum number of digits you can specify for a hedding number is 18 digits.

Integer data types are used to specify values that do not have a component.

Here is an example of an integer declaration in a scheme.

<xs:element name="prize" type="xs:integer"/>

The elements in the document should look something like this:

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Note that all of the following data types originate from decimal data types (except decimal itself)!

Name	The number of seconds
byte	There are positive and negative 8-bit integers
decimal	The number of hedies
Int	There are positive and negative 32-bit integers
integer	The integer value
long	There are positive and negative 64-bit integers
negativeInteger	Contains only integers with negative values ( ., -2, -1.)
nonNegativeInteger	Contains only integers with non-negative values (0, 1, 2, .)
nonPositiveInteger	Contains only non-positive integers (., -2, -1, 0)
positiveInteger	Contains only positive integers (1, 2, .)
short	There are positive and negative 16-bit integers
unsignedLong	64-bit integer without positive or negative
unsignedInt	32-bit integer without positive or negative
unsignedShort	No positive or negative 16-bit integers
unsignedByte	No positive or negative 8-bit integers

Qualifications that can be used with numeric data types: