While integrating with multiple systems and moving data from one system
to the other, we generally come across scenarios, wherein we need to change
the format of the number or perform operations like floor, ceil, round,
divide, multiply, add, etc. on numbers. We will be going through various
mathematical functions available in XSLT 1.0, which would be helpful in such
scenarios, and also some generic errors which we encounter usually.
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Mathematical Operations
- Divide
- Multiply
- Add
- Subtract
- Square-root
- Round
- Floor
- Ceil
- Advanced Number formatting
Mathematical Operations
1. Divide
To divide 2 numbers, we can use the div operator to divide two
numbers.
Syntax:
$num1
div $num2
Example:
Let us assume we want to divide 120 by 7.
XSL:
<divide><xsl:value-of select="120 div 7"/></divide>
Output
<divide>17.14285714285714285714</divide>
2. Multiply
To multiply 2 numbers, we can use the * operator.
Syntax:
$num1 * $num2
Example:
Let us assume we want to multiply 120 by 7.
XSL:
<multiply><xsl:value-of select="120 * 7"/></multiply>
Output
<multiply>840</multiply>
3. Add
To add 2 numbers, we can use the + operator.
Syntax:
$num1 + $num2
Example:
Let us assume we want to add 120 and 7.
XSL:
<add><xsl:value-of select="120 + 7"/></add>
Output
<add>127</add>
4. Subtract
To subtract one number from another, we can use the - operator.
Syntax:
$num1 - $num2
Example:
Let us assume we want to subtract 7 from
120.
XSL:
<subtract><xsl:value-of select="120 - 7"/></subtract>
Output
<subtract>113</subtract>
5. Square Root
To find a square root of a number, we can use the oraext:square-root
function.
Syntax:
oraext:square-root($number)
Example:
Let us assume we want to find a square root
of 121.
XSL:
<square-root><xsl:value-of
select="oraext:square-root(121)"/></square-root>
Output
<square-root>11</square-root>
6. Round
To round a number to the nearest integer we can use the round($number)
function available in XSLT.
XSL:
<roundInt><xsl:value-of
select="round(17.64285714285714285714)"/></roundInt>
Output
<roundInt>18</roundInt>
What if we want to round the number to 2 or 3 decimal places. Since the round
function only takes one argument, we cannot pass the number of decimal digits
we want to round the number to. To do so we can try the below-mentioned
method.
We can multiply the number by 10m, round the number, and then
divide the result by 10m. Here, m denotes the number of decimal
places.
Pseudo Code:
(round($number
* 10m) )/ 10m
Example
Let us assume we want to round to two decimal places. Here, the value of m
will be 2. 10m will be equal to 100.
XSL:
<roundDec1><xsl:value-of select="round(17.64285714285714285714 *
100 ) div 100"/></roundDec1>
Output
<roundDec1>17.64</roundDec1>
7. Floor
To return the largest integer less than or equal to the number we can use
the floor($number) function available in XSLT.
XSL:
<floorInt><xsl:value-of
select="floor(17.64285714285714285714)"/></floorInt>
Output
<floorInt>17</floorInt>
What if we want to perform floor operation on the number and have output
with 2 or 3 decimal places. Since the floor function only takes one
argument, we cannot pass the number of decimal digits we want to floor the
number to. To do so we can try the below-mentioned method.
We can multiply the number by 10m, floor the number, and then
divide the result by 10m. Here, m denotes the number of decimal
places.
Pseudo Code:
(floor($number * 10m) )/ 10m
Example
Let us assume we want to floor the number to three decimal places. Here,
the value of m will be 3. 10m will be equal to 1000.
XSL:
<floorDec1><xsl:value-of select="floor(17.64285714285714285714 *
1000 ) div 1000"/></floorDec1>
Output
<floorDec1>17.642</floorDec1>
8. Ceil
To return the largest integer greater than or equal to the number we can use
the ceiling($number) function available in XSLT.
XSL:
<ceilInt><xsl:value-of
select="ceiling(17.14285714285714285714)"/></ceilInt>
Output
<ceilInt>18</ceilInt>
What if we want to perform ceiling operation on the number and have output
with 2 or 3 decimal places. Since the ceiling function only takes one
argument, we cannot pass the number of decimal digits we want to
ceil the number to. To do so we can try the below-mentioned method.
We can multiply the number by 10m, ceiling the number, and
then divide the result by 10m. Here, m denotes the number of
decimal places.
Pseudo Code:
(ceiling($number * 10m) )/ 10m
Example
Let us assume we want to ceiling the number to three decimal places. Here,
the value of m will be 3. 10m will be equal to 1000.
XSL:
<ceilDec1><xsl:value-of select="ceiling(17.14285714285714285714 *
1000 ) div 1000"/></ceilDec1>
Output
<ceilDec1>17.143</ceilDec1>
We may come across the scenarios especially when dealing with financial or
accounting integrations, wherein we want the numbers like 1234.56,
45 to be formatted like 1,234.56, $45.00, etc. One common
way, while developing integration which we opt for, is multiple substrings and
then multiple concatenations. There is a built-in function format-number,
which can come in really handy in such situations.
Syntax:
format-number($number,$format,[$decimal-format])
Note: Here $decimal-format parameter is optional and we have not used it in
examples.
Format Character Table
| S.No. |
Character |
Description |
| 1 |
0 |
Representation for digit. For 0 after the decimal and before the
number, it is present. For example, the number 1 with the format as
'00.0' will give 01.0
|
| 2 |
# |
Representation for digit. For 0 after the decimal and before the
number, it is absent. For example, the number 1 with the format as
'##.#' will give 1
|
| 3 |
. |
Separator for decimal. |
| 4 |
, |
Group Separator. Suppose we want to separate thousands, we may use
like #,###.##, When 1000 is passed as input, the output becomes 1,000.
|
| 5 |
% |
Represent number in % |
| 6 |
; |
Separator to define different formats for negative and positive
numbers.
|
Format number performs the round operation by default(which is banker's rounding) to the number of decimal
places defined in format. To understand more on how can we use various
formats. Please find below the table consisting of various use cases
| S.No. |
Use Case |
Format |
Input Number |
Formatted Number |
| 1 |
Always having two Decimal digits |
#.00 |
123.456
123.4 |
123.46
123.40 |
| 2 |
Having a maximum of 2 decimal digits |
#.## |
123.456
123 |
123.46
123 |
| 3 |
Creating a number in Currency Format |
$#,###,###.00 |
123456.789 |
$123,456.79 |
| 4 |
Display number in percentage |
0.13245 |
##.##% |
13.25% |
| 5 |
Having different formats for positive and negative numbers. |
#.000;(#.000) |
132.45
-132.45 |
132.450
(132.450) |
XSL:
<format1><xsl:value-of select="format-number(123.456,
'#.00')"/></format1>
<format1-1><xsl:value-of select="format-number(123.4,
'#.00')"/></format1-1>
<format2><xsl:value-of select="format-number(123.456,
'#.##')"/></format2>
<format2-1><xsl:value-of select="format-number(123,
'#.##')"/></format2-1>
<format3><xsl:value-of select="format-number(123456.789,
'$#,###,###.00')"/></format3>
<format4><xsl:value-of select="format-number(0.13245,
'##.##%')"/></format4>
<format5><xsl:value-of select="format-number(132.45,
'#.000;(#.000)')"/></format5>
<format5-1><xsl:value-of select="format-number(-132.45,
'#.000;(#.000)')"/></format5-1>
Output
<format1>123.46</format1>
<format1-1>123.40</format1-1>
<format2>123.46</format2>
<format2-1>123</format2-1>
<format3>$123,456.79</format3>
<format4>13.25%</format4>
<format5>132.450</format5>
<format5-1>(132.450)</format5-1>
Common Errors
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We get XPath errors when the data type doesn't match the numeric data
type.
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We get NaN(Not a Number) error when we explicitly try to convert a string
or any other data type to a number using the number() function and
the string contains some invalid characters apart from what is accepted by
the number data type.
XSL to explain NaN errors:
<errors>
<error><xsl:value-of
select="number('123 1')"/></error>
<error><xsl:value-of
select="number('abc')"/></error>
<error><xsl:value-of
select="number('123b')"/></error>
</errors>
Resources:
- XSLT file containing all the XSL statements used in the blog -- Link
- The output of the above file -- Link
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