format-number

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

Arguments

 

$value

numeric?

The number to be formatted

 

$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

 

$value

numeric?

The number to be formatted

 

$picture

xs:string

Picture showing how the number is to be formatted

 

$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 3.0, XSLT 3.0, XQuery 3.0 (if enabled in Saxon: requires Saxon-PE or Saxon-EE)

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

XSLT 2.0 Specification

Notes on the Saxon implementation

From Saxon 9.3 this becomes available for XPath/XQuery as well as XSLT. The query prolog declarations for defining a decimal format in XQuery become available in Saxon 9.4.