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Posted to dev@xalan.apache.org by bu...@apache.org on 2001/10/17 03:39:54 UTC

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 4219] New: - number('+30E-1') returns 'NaN' instead of '3'

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number('+30E-1') returns 'NaN' instead of '3'

           Summary: number('+30E-1') returns 'NaN' instead of '3'
           Product: XalanJ2
           Version: 2.2.x
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows NT/2K
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Blocker
          Priority: Other
         Component: Xalan
        AssignedTo: xalan-dev@xml.apache.org
        ReportedBy: dkirkdorffer@versatilemobile.com


Version 2.0.0 and 2.1.0 of Xalan provide the ability to convert scientific 
notation into a number.  For example number('+30E-1') would return '3'.  This 
ability is broken in the versions of 2.2 (D6 and D11) I have tested it with.

I believe this is a Xalan "extension" on the spec, but it sure is nice to be 
able to do this rather than having to recursively calculate exponents.