The default output for something like Java's Double.toString() method may format a value in exponential form, such as 1.57E-2. However, it seems that the format-number function does not handle this type of input (although Double.parseDouble would).
Is this a bug or a designed behavior? Is there a W3C or ISO standard for string representation of floating point values in XML? Thanks for any wisdom. Rick Bullotta CTO Lighthammer Software (www.lighthammer.com)
