saxon:format-number($value as xs:double, $picture as xs:string) as xs:string
This function (in the Saxon namespace) is available in Saxon-EE only. The function is obsolescent
since it is now available
in the standard fn: namespace, whether you are using XSLT or XQuery.
This function is identical to the two-argument version of the format-number
function in XSLT 2.0, but in the Saxon namespace. It uses the default behavior of the XSLT function when there is no
xsl:decimal-format declaration in the stylesheet, which means that it is not
possible to change the characters used as the decimal point, grouping separator, and so on.
For example, the call saxon:format-number(123.4567, '0000.00') produces the output
0123.46.
For full details, see the XSLT 2.0 specification.
