XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference, 4th Edition (153 page)

There may be cases where the existing nodes had a specific type annotation, but where revalidating the copied subtree either fails, or produces a different type annotation from the original. This is because the validation context may be different. If the subtree was originally validated as part of some larger tree, then it is possible that local element and attribute declarations were used on that occasion, whereas top-level element and attribute declarations are used this time. The top-level declarations may be either more or less permissive than the local declarations.

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xsl:decimal-format

The

element is used to define the characters and symbols used when converting numbers into strings using the
format-number()
function.

Note that

applies only to the
format-number()
function. It has no effect on the way

formats numbers for display, nor on the default number-to-string conversion used by the
string()
function, nor on the format used when

is used to output a number as a string.

Changes in 2.0

The specification of the
format-number()
function, which uses the

declaration, is substantially rewritten in XSLT 2.0, though users should notice few changes except in a few corner cases. The

declaration itself is unchanged.

Import precedence now applies to decimal formats in a similar way as to other declarations.

Format

Position

is a top-level declaration. It may appear any number of times in a stylesheet, but only as an immediate child of the

element.

Attributes

Name	Value	Meaning
name optional	Lexical QName	The name of this decimal format. If omitted, the attributes define the default decimal format.
decimal-separator optional	Character	Character to be used to separate the integer and the fraction part of a number. Default is . (x2E).
grouping-separator optional	Character	Character used to separate groups of digits. Default is , (x2C).
infinity optional	String	String used to represent the numeric value infinity. Default value is Infinity .
minus-sign optional	Character	Character used as the default minus sign. Default is - (x2D).
NaN optional	String	String used to represent the numeric value NaN (not a number). Default value is NaN .
percent optional	Character	Character used to represent a percentage sign. Default value is % (x25).
per-mille optional	Character	Character used to represent a per-mille (per-thousand) sign. Default value is (x2030).