format-number()
format-number()
The format-number
function evaluates a number and returns a string representing the number in a given format.
Syntax
format-number( number , pattern [, decimal-format] )
Arguments
-
number
- The number to be formatted
-
pattern
- A string in the format of the JDK 1.1 DecimalFormat class. (The documentation for JDK 1.1 is not available online. Here is the Java SE 6 DecimalFormat.)
-
decimal-format
(optional) - The name of an
xsl:decimal-format
element that defines the number format to be used. If omitted, the default decimal-format will be used.
Returns
A string representing the number in the new format.
Notes
This function is an XSLT-specific addition to XPath. It is not a part of the core XPath function library.
Defined
Gecko support
Supported.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/XPath/Functions/format-number