RE: Using format-number() to display French currency

I finally got it to work. It was the second instance of &#160; that was
illegal. 

        <xsl:decimal-format name="FrenchDecimalFormat" decimal-separator=","
grouping-separator="&#160;"/>
        <xsl:template name="FrenchCurrency">
                <xsl:value-of select="format-number(., '##&#160;##0,00 $',
'FrenchDecimalFormat')"/>
        </xsl:template>

Thanks to Joris and David for your insight.

Maria



-----Original Message-----
From: Joris Gillis [mailto:roac(_at_)pandora(_dot_)be] 
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 11:54 AM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [xsl] Using format-number() to display French currency

Tempore 17:44:43, die 07/04/2005 AD, hinc in 
xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
scripsit Maria Amuchastegui
<mamuchastegui(_at_)to(_dot_)epost(_dot_)ca>:

I originally had the pattern '##&#160;##0,00 $', but I got the 
following error message:

Malformed format string: ##á##0,00á$


The error message indicates that the format string was actually
'##&#160;##0,00&#160;$'. This looks illegal: the space that separates the
number from the currency unit is the same as the grouping separator.


Try this template:
<xsl:template name="FrenchCurrency">
   <xsl:value-of select="format-number(., '##&#160;##0,00',
'FrenchDecimalFormat')"/>
   <xsl:text>&#160;$</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>

The dollar sign stands for the Canadian dollar.

I see. I'd cConsider renaming the template...

regards,
--
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