How to remove trailing zeros in XSLT

Question

I have a node element as 1.0123000. I am using an XSLT for transformation. I need the output as 1.0123. Any one have any idea how to do it in 1.0 version of XSLT?

Thanks in advance,
jo

Answer 1

This is easier than you think! Just use number() and it will return the string 1.0123000 as a number 1.0123 in XSLT 1.0:

<xsl:value-of select="number('1.0123000')"/>

will return

1.0123

The function number() can be found in the XPath 1.0 specification.