op:float-add

Add $float-var1 to $float-var2. The + operator invokes the float-add operator.

Signatures

op:float-add(xs:float $float-var1, xs:float $float-var2) —> xs:float

Arguments

Data Type
Argument
Description

xs:float

$float-var1

Represents a 32 bit floating point number, for example: 1.1.

xs:float

$float-var2

Represents a 32 bit floating point number, for example: 1.1.

Returns

Returns the float value of adding $float-var1 to $float-var2.

Examples

Simple

Invoking float-add("1.0","2.0") returns the floating point value: 3.0 as shown in the following example query:

<float-add>{op:float-add("1.0","2.0")}</float-add> 

The preceding query generates the following result:

<float-add>3.0</float-add> 

Related Topics

W3C float data type description.

W3C numeric-add operator description.