RE: processing numbers in scientific notatioin

> I need to process values passed in decimal format. The 
> problem is when 
> numbers are passed in scientific notaion the number() function is not 
> recognizing it and outputs a NaN.
> This following works fine
> <xsl:value-of select="format-number((-3.9023177125017977E-4 * 
> 100), '0.00', 
> 'eurofrmt')"/>

It shouldn't work fine if the processor is XSLT 1.0 conformant: it
should raise an XPath syntax error. XPath 1.0 does not allow numbers in
scientific notation (or the Fortran notation that we programmers like to
call "scientific notation").
> 
> 
> I read somewhere that xpath2 compliant parsers alone process 
> these kind of 
> data. 

Yes, XPath 2.0 handles this notation. But at the moment this restricts
you to Saxon 7.x (or the new experimental version of Xalan).

Michael Kay
Software AG
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