RE: [xsl] Test For Numeric Values?

Subject: RE: [xsl] Test For Numeric Values?
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 08:09:46 +0100
> Writing a style sheet and wanting to test a node value to see 
> whether it is
> numeric or not? (Decides HTML align formatting)
> 
<xsl:if test="string(number(.))='NaN'">
     <xsl:attribute name="align">right</xsl:attribute> 	
</xsl:if>

(or in 2.0, ". castable as xs:decimal" - or xs:integer, xs:double etc if
preferred)

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

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