Numbers containing 'e+..' not recognised as numbers

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Subject: Numbers containing 'e+..' not recognised as numbers
From: Drew McLellan <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 19:37:31 +0100

I'm using the MSXML2 processor form with an ASP script, trying to transform a source xml document to xhtml.

The problem is that my source document contains elements with attributes whose values are numeric. Sometimes these values are expressed in a format such as "4.364976000000000e+002". The xsl processor doesn't recognise these as numbers, and so format-number() or any function that requires a number as input simply returns NaN.

I've tried using the number() function to convert to a number, but this has been unsuccessful.

I'd be extremely grateful if anyone could

a) suggest a method to get these numbers recognised as numbers, or b) suggest the correct mathematical term for these 'e+..' numbers so I can search more effectively!

I always [expletive deleted] at mathematics :)

many thanks,

drew.

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Numbers containing 'e+..' not recognised as numbers Drew McLellan - 3 Jul 2005 18:37:16 -0000 <= Michael Kay - 3 Jul 2005 20:26:36 -0000 Dimitre Novatchev - 3 Jul 2005 20:35:12 -0000 Dimitre Novatchev - 3 Jul 2005 20:38:49 -0000 Mukul Gandhi - 4 Jul 2005 08:55:13 -0000

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