Multiplies $decimal-var1 by $decimal-var2. The * operator invokes the decimal-multiply operator.
op:decimal-multiply(xs:decimal $decimal-var1, xs:decimal $decimal-var2) —> xs:decimal
Returns the decimal value of multiplying $decimal-var1 by $decimal-var2.
Invoking decimal-multiply("2.0","1.0") returns the decimal value: 2 as shown in the following example query:
<decimal-multiply>{op:decimal-multiply("2.0","1.0")}</decimal-multiply>
The preceding query generates the following result:
<decimal-multiply>2</decimal-multiply>
W3C decimal data type description.
W3C numeric-multiply operator description.