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xsl:decimal-format
xsl:number
function_available()
XSLT FUNCTION: format-number
string =
format-number
(number, format,
decimal-format-qname
)
The
format-number
function is used to convert a single number into a string. This number can be a real number or an integer, and can be positive or negative.
Note that the
xsl:number
element can be used to format a list of positive integers.
number
The mandatory
number
argument is the number that you want converted to a string. If the value is not of type number, it will automatically be converted to a number by the XPath
number()
function.
format
The mandatory
format
argument specifies the format pattern that dictates the appearance of the formatted number. Some of the permitted symbols in the format pattern are:
Symbol
Purpose
Example
#
signifies a digit [0-9]
###
.
decimal point
###.##
,
group separator
###,###.##
0
specifies leading and following zeros
00000.00000
%
inserts following percent sign
##%
;
pattern separator
##.00;##.00
decimal-format-qname
The optional
decimal-format-name
argument is a qname that matches the qname value of the
name
attribute of the
xsl:decimal-format
element. The
xsl:decimal-format
element must be present to use this argument. If this argument is omitted, the default decimal format is used. However, you can create your own default decimal format by using the
xsl:decimal-format
element without a
name
attribute.
We display several numeric format variations.
Code for xslt_example_formatnumber.xsl:
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl:decimal-format name="staff" digit="D" />
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body>
<xsl:value-of select='
format-number(123456789, "#.000000000")
' />
<br />
<xsl:value-of select='
format-number(123456789, "#.0")
' />
<br />
<xsl:value-of select='
format-number(0.123456789, "##%")
' />
<br />
<xsl:value-of select='
format-number(123456789, "################")
' />
<br />
<xsl:value-of select='
format-number(123456789, "D.0", "staff")
' />
<br />
<xsl:value-of select='
format-number(123456789, "$DDD,DDD,DDD.DD", "staff")
' />
<br />
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
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