Did you try enclosing it in quotes so that Xalan thinks it's a string?

<xsl:value-of select="'40000'"/>

I would hope that it doesn't try to format that for you.

Jason.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lors, Ben [mailto:Lors.Ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 9:15 AM
> To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject:  value-of formattting
> 
> 
> I'm using a Xalan processor and am slightly annoyed at one 
> specific behavior.  When I use, for example, <xsl:value-of 
> select="40000"/>, the result I see is "40,000" (with the 
> comma).  Is there a way to get it to output without the 
> comma?  I realize I could use the format-number() function to 
> get rid of the comma, but I was just curious as to why the 
> processor insists on putting the comma in for me by default?  
> Seems rather presumptious to assume what display format I'd 
> like to see my number in.  :)  Thanks...
> 
> Ben Lors
> Principal Financial Group
> Des Moines, IA 
> lors.ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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