How to convert decimal to integer in xpath?

Question

The input xml includes the following element:

<numberOfPayments>14.0</numberOfPayments>

I need to convert the number to integer, with following limitations:

the XML is coming from an external source, I cant ask them to send me the integer
it has to be an XPath, I can't use any other language

hek2mgl · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-16 18:59:42Z

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You can use round(). The xpath query would be:

round(/numberOfPayments/text())

or if you are only interested in the integer part without rounding you can use floor():

floor(/numberOfPayments/text())

answered Mar 16, 2015 at 18:59

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Yeah, but the first will give you 15 for 14.6 the latter 14.

In my case I'm getting an integer in decimal form. The external system supposed to send me an integer, but their API is turning it into NN.00