round-half-to-even

round-half-to-even($arg as numeric?) ➔ numeric?

Rounds a numeric value to the nearest whole number, rounding x.5 towards the nearest even number.

Arguments

 

$arg

numeric?

The value to be rounded to the nearest whole number

Result

numeric?

round-half-to-even($arg as numeric?, $precision as xs:integer) ➔ numeric?

Rounds a numeric value to the nearest multiple of ten to the power of minus $precision, rounding x.5 towards positive infinity.

Arguments

 

$arg

numeric?

The value to be rounded to a given number of decimal places

 

$precision

xs:integer

The number of decimal places required

Result

numeric?

Links to W3C specifications

Namespace: http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions

Applies to: XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0 and later versions

XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

Notes on the Saxon implementation

The function is fully implemented according to the W3C specifications.