Re: [Moderator Action] totalDigits

"Kramer, Torsten (VIS93)" <Torsten.Kramer@victoria.de> writes:

> I am confused about the new facets 'totalDigits' and 'fractionDigits'. Is
> the following a correct definition of a datatype which represents a number
> with the format (-)nnnn.nn (valid: 9999.99, -9999.99, 12.5 invalid:
> 10000.00):
> 
> <simpleType name="myNumberType">
>   <restriction base="number">
>     <totalDigits value="6"/>
>     <fractionDigits value="2"/>
>   </restriction>
> </simpleType>
> 
> Is my assumption right that the sign and the decimal point are not included
> in the value for 'totalDigits'?

I get confused about this myself :-( but in the absence of any other
answer, I'll do my best.

totalDigits of 6 constrains you to numbers whose absolute value is in
the range 999999 to .000001, with a maximum of 6 significant digits,
i.e. leading and trailing zeros don't count.  So 10000.00 _is_ OK.

fractionDigits of 2 constrains you to numbers with at most two
(significant) digits to the right of the decimal point.

So these are all good:

1 .1
11 1.1 .11
111 11.1 1.11
1111 111.1 11.11
11111 1111.1 111.11
111111 11111.1 1111.11

as are their negations, and anything you can get by replacing '1' with 
any other digits, and/or by adding zeros at the beginning or the end.

And that's it.  Nothing else is allowed (I think).

Hope this helps.

ht
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Received on Thursday, 12 April 2001 05:51:44 UTC