Re: [xsl] Working with Scientific Notation

[David Carlisle <davidc at nag dot co dot uk>]

probably one of the libraries has something for this, but otherwise
something like

<xsl:template name="s">
  <xsl:param name="m"/>
  <xsl:param name="e"/>
  <xsl:choose>
   <xsl:when test="$e=0"><xsl:value-of select="$m"/></xsl:when>
   <xsl:when test="$e &gt;0>
    <xsl:call-template name="s">
      <xsl:param name="m" select="$m * 10"/>
     <xsl:param name="e" select="$e - 1""/>
   </xsl:call-template>
  </xsl:when>
   <xsl:when test="$e &lt;0>
    <xsl:call-template name="s">
      <xsl:param name="m" select="$m div 10"/>
     <xsl:param name="e" select="$e + 1""/>
   </xsl:call-template>
  </xsl:when>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>


<xsl:variable name="f">
    <xsl:call-template name="s">
      <xsl:param name="m" select="substring-before(.,'E')"/>
     <xsl:param name="e" select="substring-after(.,'E')""/>
   </xsl:call-template>
</xsl;variable>


then use format-number on the result, $f if you want a particular format.

untested...

David

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