XSLT <xsl:decimal-format> Element

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Definition and Usage

The <xsl:decimal-format> element defines the characters and symbols to be used when converting numbers into strings, with the format-number() function.

All countries do not use the same characters for separating the decimal part from the integer part, and for grouping digits. With the <xsl:decimal-format> element you can change special characters to other symbols.

This element is a top level element.

The format-number() function can refer to the <xsl:decimal-format> element by name.

Syntax

<xsl:decimal-format
name="name"
decimal-separator="char" 
grouping-separator="char" 
infinity="string"
minus-sign="char"
NaN="string"
percent="char"
per-mille="char"
zero-digit="char"
digit="char"
pattern-separator="char"/> 

Attributes

Example 1

The example below shows how to format to European currency (note that the third argument in format-number() refers to the name of the <xsl:decimal-format> element:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:decimal-format name="euro"
decimal-separator="," grouping-separator="."/>
 
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:value-of 
select="format-number(26825.8, '#.###,00', 'euro')"/>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

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