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Returns or sets a Variant value that represents the format code for the object. expression .NumberFormat. expression A variable that represents a Range object. This property returns Null if all cells in the specified range don't have the same number format. The format code is the same string as the Format Codes option in the Format Cells dialog box. The Format function uses different format code strings than do the NumberFormat and NumberFormatLocal properties.
One way of doing it in Xslt 1.0. Here is an example of one way of getting the Absolute Value of some amount in Xslt. This uses the Xslt function format-number(num) to change the numerical value to a string, ignoring any negating hyphens. Once done, XPath function number(string) is called to return to a numerical value. In the format string, '###0.0###;#', the semi-colon separates the format patterns for positive and negative numbers.