RE: [xsl] format number with changeable currency symbol

["James Steven" <JSteven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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"?

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kay [mailto:mhk@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 June 2004 10:30
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [xsl] 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: [xsl] 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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