The javadoc for java.text.DecimalFormat which is explicitly referred
to by the XSLT 1.0 spec contains this paragraph - note the last
sentence:
<quote>
The grouping separator is commonly used for thousands, but in some
countries it separates ten-thousands. The grouping size is a constant
number of digits between the grouping characters, such as 3 for
100,000,000 or 4 for 1,0000,0000. If you supply a pattern with
multiple grouping characters, the interval between the last one and
the end of the integer is the one that is used. So "#,##,###,####" ==
"######,####" == "##,####,####".
</quote>
XSLT 2.0 defines format-number without such a reference, which
explains the difference.
I'd prefer substring and concatenation functions for creating the
999-999-9999 pattern.
-W
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Michael Kay <mike(_at_)saxonica(_dot_)com>
wrote:
thanks for your response. this is returing me xx-xxxx-xxxx
format not xxx-xxx-xxxx.
what could be the issue.
That looks like a bug in your XSLT processor.
(But this is not the way I would recommend tackling this problem).
Regards,
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay
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