To convert a string to a number, you need to do an explicit conversion.
The result of lower-case() and of substring() is a string, which cannot be
implicitly converted to a number.
Implicit conversion works if you supply an untyped node, but not if you supply
a string.
Michael Kay
Saxonica
On 16 Aug 2013, at 15:11, 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". 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?
Thanks,
Nathan
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