<xsl:decimal-format>

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The <xsl:decimal-format> element defines the characters and symbols that are to be used in converting numbers into strings using the*format-number( )* function.

Syntax

<xsl:decimal-format
  name=NAME
  decimal-separator=CHARACTER
  grouping-separator=CHARACTER
  infinity=STRING
  minus-sign=CHARACTER
  NaN=STRING
  percent=CHARACTER
  per-mille=CHARACTER
  zero-digit=CHARACTER
  digit=CHARACTER
  pattern-separator=CHARACTER />

Required Attributes

None.

Optional Attributes

name: Specifies a name for this format.

decimal-separator: Specifies the decimal point character. The default is (.).

grouping-separator: Specifies the thousands separator character. The default is (,).

infinity: Specifies the string used to represent infinity. The default is the string "Infinity".

minus-sign: Specifies the minus sign character. The default is the hyphen (-).

NaN: Specifies the string used when the value is not a number. The default is the string "NaN".

percent: Specifies the percentage sign character. The default is (%).

per-mille: Specifies the per thousand character. The default is (‰).

zero-digit: Specifies the digit zero character. The default is (0).

digit: Specifies the character used in the format pattern to stand for a digit. The default is (#).

pattern-separator: Specifies the character separating positive and negative subpatterns in a format pattern. The default is the semi-colon (;).

Type

Top-level, must be the child of <xsl:stylesheet> or <xsl:transform>.

Defined

XSLT, section 12.3.

Gecko support

Supported as of 1.0 (Mozilla 1.0, Netscape 7.0).