format-number($value as numeric?, $picture as xs:string) → xs:string
Formats a number as specified by a picture string, using the default decimal format
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$value |
numeric? |
The number to be formatted |
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$picture |
xs:string |
Picture showing how the number is to be formatted |
Result |
xs:string |
format-number($value as numeric?, $picture as xs:string, $decimal-format-name as xs:string) → xs:string
Formats a number as specified by a picture string, using the named decimal format
Arguments |
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$value |
numeric? |
The number to be formatted |
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$picture |
xs:string |
Picture showing how the number is to be formatted |
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$decimal-format-name |
xs:string |
Name of a decimal format definition defined in the context |
Result |
xs:string |
Links to W3C specifications
Namespace: http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions
Applies to: XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0 and later versions
Notes on the Saxon implementation
In Saxon 9.3 this becomes available for XPath/XQuery as well as XSLT. However, the query prolog declarations for defining a decimal format in XQuery are not yet implemented.