format-number()

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The format-number() function takes a number and formats it as a string.

Syntax:

string format-number(number, string, string[optional]) 

Arguments:

The number to be formatted and a string representing the desired format pattern are required. A third, optional argument, is the name (specified by an <xsl:decimal-format> element) of a decimal format. If there is no third argument, the default decimal format is used.

The second string uses a number of special characters:

# a digit will appear here unless it is a redundant zero.

0 a digit will always appear here.

. the decimal point.

- the minus sign.

, the grouping separator.

; separates the positive and negative format patterns.

% shows the number as a percentage.

\u2030 shows the number as a per-mille.

Result:

The number, formatted as specified in the second argument.

Defined: XSLT, section 12.3.

NS support: Supported as of 7.0.