From: Michael Kay [mailto:mhk(_at_)mhk(_dot_)me(_dot_)uk]
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 4:05 PM
Subject: RE: [xsl] Using '$' in function arguments
"format-number($extra-charge,'$#.00')"/>
The XSLT 1.0 format-number function is defined by reference to the JDK
1.1 specification of the DecimalFormat class, which was actually very
poorly specified. The specification didn't attach special meaning to
currency symbols in the format picture; but subsequent versions of the
JDK specification did. It's quite likely that any Java-based XSLT
processor is behaving according to the specification of the
JDK version
that you run it with, rather than JDK 1.1 as specified. In
practice this
means that currency signs in the picture are best avoided.
I think the code snippet I provided obfuscated my question somewhat. The
issue doesn't appear to be with format-number, but substring-after (i.e.,
substring-after(node(),'Amount: $')). But your point is well taken, as
we've recently migrated to JDK 1.4.1; I'll see if the currency format is
also causing issues.
thanks,
b.
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