RE: Format-Number Function

What happens if you add extra #s to the format, like '###,###,###', as a
possible workaround? Is that a valid format?

Douglas Ross
Developer, HTML UI Framework
Kronos
www.kronos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: fchoodless@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fchoodless@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 6:12 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE:  Format-Number Function

Michael,

Thanks for the response.  I'm using Livelink and I wouldn't be surprised
if it's a bug but if there is it's going to really screw me up.  Here's
the xsl line:

<td class="number"><xsl:value-of select="format-number(./Total_Cost,
'#,###,###')"/></td>

The xml is basically like this:
<Florida2004A>
<Total_Cost>3603664</Total_Cost>
</Florida2004A>

It comes back to me as '3.' There is no xsl:decimal-format specification
in my code.  Again, this does format correctly for any number with 6
digits or less.  Any suggested work around or other ideas? (other than a
new processor?)  I guess I could use string functions to format
correctly.

Many thanks,
Carter


> Which XSLT processor are you using? Unless there's something in your
code
> you haven't told us about (like an unusual xsl:decimal-format
specification)
> there's a bug in your processor.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fchoodless@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fchoodless@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 14 March 2005 19:15
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject:  Format-Number Function
> >
> > I'm experiencing an xsl number-format function problem.  The
> > number I want to format is '3603664',  I use '#,###,###' and
> > it comes back as '3.'
> >
> > Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?  Any thing less than 6
> > digits works OK, it seems to break once it gets to millions.
> > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Carter