xslt number-format mask

[progressdll]

How can i use number-format to turn
this number

9911111222223

into this string

99.11111.22222.3

 

[Nosferatu]

XPath cannot do regexp yet. You can try some substring functions, like substring-before,after and translate...
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[flumpy]

you can do
...
<xsl:variable name=&quot;value&quot;>9911111222223
</xsl:variable> <!--if you need to define the number, otherwise select it from the XML -->
...
<xsl:value-of select=&quot;format-number($value, '##.#####.#####.#')&quot;/>

....

just to let you know

 

[Nosferatu]

Great Flumpy! I was interested in this as well...
But, how are the parsers coping with that? DO you know anything?

I am writing some stylesheets that should be properly ported across systems, so, for example, is this function available in Saxon, Xalan anso?
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We are what we eat...
There's no such thing as free meal...
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[flumpy]

its in the w3.org specs for xslt....

http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#number

{do a text search for format-number}

so therefore any parser worth its salt should therefore allow the format-number function...

I know MSXML uses it for sure, and I've just used it with xerces.

On second thoughts with regards to the original post's purpose, Im not really sure it was meant to cope with such a large number or that many dots so maybe its not actually what hes looking for. ho hum. may be worth a try, whats to loose? It may be a little more complex than i implied, cause you might need to set up the decimal format for it before you start off. hmm.


matt