RE: [xsl] <xsl:decimal-format >

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2002-11-13 16:39 +0000, Yates, Danny (ANTS) wrote:
> Will this work?

Yes.

> Doesn't the translate() function map one character
> to another? i.e. translate($input, "abc", "ABC").

Yes.

> What happens if
> a character is matched in the first string, but there are
> insufficient characters in the second string to determine a
> replacement? (e.g. translate("c", "abc", "AB"))

The character is removed, by design.  See 4.2 in XPath 1.0.

> Also, if you are going to use the translate() function, why bother
> with the special Unicode chars? Why not just translate away the
> decimal point and comma?

Good point ... why not?  I was caught up in the answer to the presentation 
issue I brought up and that the quester was trying to find special characters.

Just use: translate( format-number( $x, $y ), ',.', '' )

.............. Ken


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