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<h1>saxon:format-number()</h1>
<p><b>saxon:format-number($value as xs:double, $picture as xs:string) as xs:string </b></p>
<p><i>This function (in the Saxon namespace) is available in Saxon-EE only. The function is obsolescent
since it is now available
in the standard <code>fn:</code> namespace, whether you are using XSLT or XQuery.</i></p>
<p>This function is identical to the two-argument version of the <code>format-number</code>
function in XSLT 2.0, but in the Saxon namespace. It uses the default behavior of the XSLT function when there is no
<code>xsl:decimal-format</code> 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.</p>
<p>For example, the call <code>saxon:format-number(123.4567, '0000.00')</code> produces the output
<code>0123.46</code>.</p>
<p>For full details, see the
<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/" class="bodylink">XSLT 2.0 specification</a>.</p>
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