At 2013-08-16 10:11 -0400, Nathan Tallman wrote:
I'm trying to use format-number like this:
<xsl:variable name="unitid" select="lower-case(/ead/archdesc/did/unitid)"/>
<xsl:variable name="number" select="substring($unitid, 3)" />
<xsl:value-of select="format-number($number, '0000')"/>
I've seen many examples online of using a variable in the first spot
with format-number, but I keep getting a validation error, "Required
item type of first argument of format-number() is numeric; supplied
value has item type xs:string."
I've tried sticking as="xs:integer" in <xsl:variable name="number">
and adding the xs namespace, but then I get this error, "Required item
type of value of variable $number is xs:integer; supplied value has
item type xs:string".
It surprises me that that didn't work.
I can't make $unitid an integer, as it has alpha
characters in it (which I remove in $number).
Can someone point out my errors or give me a hint?
You could cast the argument to an acceptable type:
format-number( xs:integer($number), '0000' )
... or if you aren't dealing with integers:
format-number( xs:double($number), '0000' )
I hope this helps.
. . . . . . . . Ken
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