Thanks Christian,
xs:decimal works! A couple of questions
1. Is xs:decimal guaranteed to work across implementations according to the spec, or can that also be limited by a range?
2. Is there a way to programmatically detect the range of xs:integer?
Thanks,
-jOrGe W.
Hi Jorge,
The XQuery spec allows implementations to limit the range of integers. We have set this limit to 2^64, as it turns out to be sufficient in most cases. You can use xs:decimal to do computations with greater numbers.
Hope this helps
Christian
Hello all,
Performing this query...
xquery version "1.0";
declare namespace tst="http://test.racspace.com";
declare function tst:factorial ($input as xs:integer) as xs:integer {
let $result := tst:multiply(1 to $input)
return $result
};
declare function tst:multiply ($inputs as xs:integer*) as xs:integer {
let $mid := count($inputs) div 2
return if (count($inputs) eq 1) then $inputs[1] else
tst:multiply($inputs[position() <= $mid]) *
tst:multiply($inputs[position() > $mid])
};
let $inputs := tokenize(normalize-space(/factorials),' ')
let $outputs := for $i in $inputs return xs:string(tst:factorial(xs:integer($i)))
return string-join($outputs, '
')
on this input:
<factorials>
10 20
30 40
50 60
600
1000</factorials>
Both Saxon and XQilla return the answer below, but BaseX says:
Stopped at /Users/jorgew/factorial/factorials.xq, 14/74:[FOAR0002] Value out of range: 859541760 * 235989936000.
when I run via the cli like this : basex -X -i factorial.xml factorials.xq
Thoughts?
Thanks,
-jOrGe W.
Response from Saxon, XQilla :
3628800243290200817664000026525285981219105863630848000000081591528324789773434561126959611589427200000000030414093201713378043612608166064768844377641568960512000000000000832098711274139014427634118322336438075417260636124595244927769640960000000000000012655723162254307425418678245150829297671403862274660768187828858528140823147351237817802795619571074765208532598060224803240903782164769430795025578054271906283387643826088448124626488332623608376164081221171179439885840257818732919037889603719186743943363062139593784473922231852782547619771723889252476871186000174697934549112845662596182308280390615184691924446215552586523740084932807259056238962104689731522587564412231618018774350801526839567367444928206231310973619440354723718012867753019556135721376207959558860559933052856914157120622980057169891912595926540427596853441276985006724869558201930657900240943007657817473684008944448183219124163017666607770667585082169598239230274035517738648065600492702095732843492708856036920219883363111527988109277392696562776813446645651238419301586157342867860646666350050113314787911320639668510871569846664873595017518995670958477806411667505346462590471136862647349666243426242677175204732314281064417939041868653741187423064985189556742640111598580035644021835576715752869397465453828584471291269955890393294448315746500268702149708808053100406398480942695623586049403348084970064668900206251516968479727515576425962392136269169089884609794271331061018895634421094082310408889752954265842691732460538911784960000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000402387260077093773543702433923003985719374864210714632543799910429938512398629020592044208486969404800479988610197196058631666872994808558901323829669944590997424504087073759918823627727188732519779505950995276120874975462497043601418278094646496291056393887437886487337119181045825783647849977012476632889835955735432513185323958463075557409114262417474349347553428646576611667797396668820291207379143853719588249808126867838374559731746136085379534524221586593201928090878297308431392844403281231558611036976801357304216168747609675871348312025478589320767169132448426236131412508780208000261683151027341827977704784635868170164365024153691398281264810213092761244896359928705114964975419909342221566832572080821333186116811553615836546984046708975602900950537616475847728421889679646244945160765353408198901385442487984959953319101723355556602139450399736280750137837615307127761926849034352625200015888535147331611702103968175921510907788019393178114194545257223865541461062892187960223838971476088506276862967146674697562911234082439208160153780889893964518263243671616762179168909779911903754031274622289988005195444414282012187361745992642956581746628302955570299024324153181617210465832036786906117260158783520751516284225540265170483304226143974286933061690897968482590125458327168226458066526769958652682272807075781391858178889652208164348344825993266043367660176999612831860788386150279465955131156552036093988180612138558600301435694527224206344631797460594682573103790084024432438465657245014402821885252470935190620929023136493273497565513958720559654228749774011413346962715422845862377387538230483865688976461927383814900140767310446640259899490222221765904339901886018566526485061799702356193897017860040811889729918311021171229845901641921068884387121855646124960798722908519296819372388642614839657382291123125024186649353143970137428531926649875337218940694281434118520158014123344828015051399694290153483077644569099073152433278288269864602789864321139083506217095002597389863554277196742822248757586765752344220207573630569498825087968928162753848863396909959826280956121450994871701244516461260379029309120889086942028510640182154399457156805941872748998094254742173582401063677404595741785160829230135358081840096996372524230560855903700624271243416909004153690105933983835777939410970027753472000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000