Re: Re: using format-number() for aligned text output

Thank you very much for your sample.
But I can't get the correct result by using Java API for XML 1.1.

Best regards,
Eric


> At 01/03/28 14:59 +0800, ericmacau@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >Is it possible to define the Alignment of a Text/Number in XSLT ?
> 
> Not for text, but I had assumed one could for number.  I've shown below a 
> trick for doing text alignment.
> 
> But ... I think my test has revealed another facet of format-number() that 
> is open for interpretation.
> 
> I was anticipating format-number(price,'####0.00') to always produce a 
> string of 8 characters in length, yet both processors I have (XT and Saxon) 
> are Java based and are using the Java library which is known to have other 
> problems for this function.
> 
> Any alternative interpretations out there for the specification wording of: 
> "digit specifies the character used for a digit in the format pattern; the 
> default value is the number sign character (#)"?  Would anyone else expect 
> the "#" to produce a space if no digit is there?  If that isn't the 
> behaviour, then what is the utility of the "#"?
> 
> ............................... Ken
> 
> T:\ftemp>type eric.xml
> <items>
> <item>
> <name>Pen</name>
> <price>1.25</price>
> </item>
> <item>
> <name>Pencil</name>
> <price>0.5</price>
> </item>
> <item>
> <name>Bag</name>
> <price>12.38</price>
> </item>
> </items>
> T:\ftemp>type eric.xsl
> <?xml version="1.0"?><!--filename.xsl-->
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>                  version="1.0">
> 
> <xsl:variable name="pad" select="'              '"/>
> <xsl:variable name="pad-len" select="string-length($pad)"/>
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
>    <xsl:for-each select="//item">
>      <xsl:value-of select="name"/>
>      <xsl:value-of select="substring($pad,1,$pad-len - string-length(name))"/>
>      <xsl:text>|</xsl:text>
>      <xsl:value-of select="format-number(price,'####0.00')"/>
>      <xsl:text>
> </xsl:text>
>    </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> T:\ftemp>xt eric.xml eric.xsl
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> Pen           |1.25
> Pencil        |0.50
> Bag           |12.38
> 
> T:\ftemp>
> 
> 
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