.. _floor:

=====
floor
===== 

Rounds down to the next lowest integer

Description
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The fn:floor function returns the largest integer that is not greater than $arg. 
The result type depends the numeric type of the argument. If $arg is untyped, it 
is cast to xs:double.

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   * - **Parameters**
     - **Description**
   * - arg:numeric()
     - 

Examples
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   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
   * - floor(5)
     - 5
   * - floor(5.1)
     - 5
   * - floor(5.7)
     - 5
   * - floor(-5.1)
     - -6
   * - floor(-5.7)
     - -6
   * - floor( () )
     - ()

See Also
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* :ref:`ceiling`.
* :ref:`round`.
* :ref:`round-half-to-even`.