RE: format number with changeable currency symbol

> I have been able to put in a currency symbol with xslt 1.0 
> using format
> number.  But that currency symbol is fixed.  Is there a way 
> to interchange
> the currency symbol whilst keeping the minus sign to the left 
> of it.  What
> do you mean by doing it "by hand"?

I mean add the currency sign to the number using concat().

Michael Kay


> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kay [mailto:mhk@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 18 June 2004 10:30
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE:  format number with changeable currency symbol
> 
> 
> XSLT 1.0 explicitly doesn't allow the currency symbol, though some
> implementations may let you get away with it (XSLT 1.0 specified
> format-number() in terms of the JDK 1.1 specifications, but 
> implementations
> using a newer release of Java may "accidentally" expose facilities
> introduced in later JDK versions.)
> 
> I would avoid trying to do this with format-number(), and do 
> it "by hand".
> 
> Michael Kay
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Steven [mailto:JSteven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 18 June 2004 09:33
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject:  format number with changeable currency symbol
> >
> > Hello
> > I would like to format a number so that it can be shown with
> > any type of
> > currency symbol in front of it.  Currently I am using eg.
> > <xsl:value-of
> > select="format-number(12345, '?###,###,##0.00')"/> but this
> > only formats the
> > number with a ?.
> >
> > Also I have tried putting a currency symbol element in the
> > xml and including
> > that in the xsl to be inserted before the number.  The
> > trouble with this
> > method is that if the figure is a negative number the minus
> > sign is inserted
> > after the currency symbol which is no good.  Is there a way that the
> > format-number function can be used with a currency symbol
> > element from the
> > xml so that the currency symbol can be changed in the xml?
> > Or is there any
> > other way to solve this?
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> > James
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
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