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Subject: RE: [xsl] + Signed Number Format From: "Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 00:12:17 -0000 |
> Hi. > > I want to use the function format-number to to put a number > in a money format. This works when the number is either > not signed or negatively signed. The XML we got from our > client has a "+" sign like this example: > > <xsl:value-of select="format-number(+00003345351.89,'$#,###.00')"/> XPath 1.0 doesn't allow a leading plus sign in a number. You can get rid of it using translate($num, '+', ''). > > This won't work. The same proble is when I use the function > sum() on a column that has positive values represented with > "+" signed numbers. > > Any clues > Thanks > > Here is the definition of a positive number accoriding to the > w3c XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes specs. So according to these > standards an xml can have the "+" infront of a number. XPath 1.0 predates XML Schema: its authors did a good job, but predicting the contents of XML Schema would have been nothing short of miraculous. XPath 2.0 fixes this. Michael Kay Software AG home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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