Subject: RE: large and small numbers in xsl From: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 15:18:50 -0000 |
> Can XSL handle large and small numbers Yes > specified in 1e-157 or 1.1e+12 notation. No > Results of numerical comparisons (greater than, less than) seem > pretty random using this format. 1.1e+12 is not a number in XSLT so if you do a numeric comparison it is treated as NaN; all less than and greater than comparisons with NaN yield false. > > The xpath recomendation states that all numbers are treated as > double-precision 64-bit format IEEE 754 value and points to a > description of this that I can't totally get to grips with. I found the description in the Java Language Spec reasonably penetrable, though as with SQL three-valued logic, some operations have results that defy one's previous expectations. Mike Kay XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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