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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
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name | name | Optional. Specifies a name for this format |
| decimal-separator | char | Optional. Specifies the decimal point character. Default is "." |
| grouping-separator | char | Optional. Specifies the thousands separator character. Default is "," |
| infinity | string | Optional. Specifies the string used to represent infinity. Default is "Infinity" |
| minus-sign | char | Optional. Specifies the character to represent negative numbers. Default is "-" |
| NaN | string | Optional. Specifies the string used when the value is not a number". Default is "NaN" |
| percent | char | Optional. Specifies the percentage sign character. Default is "%" |
| per-mille | char | Optional. Specifies the per thousand sign character. Default is "‰" |
| zero-digit | char | Optional. Specifies the digit zero character. Default is "0" |
| digit | char | Optional. Specifies the character used to indicate a place where a digit is required. Default is # |
| pattern-separator | char | Optional. Specifies the character used to separate positive and negative subpatterns in a format pattern. Default is ";" |
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="UTF-8"?>
<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>
Output:
26.825,80
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