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 semicolon ;.

Type

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

Specifications

XSLT, section 12.3.

Gecko support

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