Re: How to access lower-case() function in XPath

On 21/01/2010, Mukul Gandhi <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:47 PM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote:
>  > Does Xalan 2.7.1 support the lower-case() function?
>  >
>  > If so, how does one enable support for it?
>
>
> Xalan-J is an XSLT 1.0/XPath 1.0 processor, and these language
>  versions do not have a lower-function function.
>
>  However, you could implement lower-case functionality in XSLT
>  1.0/XPath 1.0 with "translate" function.
>
>  Here's an example for a lower-case conversion:
>  translate($inputStr, 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')
>
>  If you are working in XSLT 1.0 environment, you may use XSLT
>  variables, for better modularity, for e.g, as below:
>
>  <xsl:variable name="capsLetters" select="'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'" />
>  <xsl:variable name="smallCaseLetters" select="'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'" />
>
>  translate($inputStr, $capsLetters, $smallCaseLetters)
>

OK, thanks very much for the quick response.

That works for me.

>  --
>  Regards,
>
> Mukul Gandhi
>