Newbie: using translate

Hi,

I am using the following template:

 <xsl:template name="number-1-block">
  <xsl:param name="field"/>
  <xsl:if test="not(string($field))">NULL</xsl:if>
  <xsl:if test="string($field)"><xsl:value-of select="$field"/></xsl:if>
 </xsl:template>

The $field" variable is a float that uses the "," as a decimal seperator.
Can anyone give me an example of how I can use "translate()" to change
the "," to a "." The examples I have found use the "translate" function
in the following manner:

<xsl:value-of select="translate(.,',.','')"/>

But I don't want the current node's value (".") but need the "$field"'s
value
to be altered.

TIA.
Hugo Ferreira.





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