Re: [xsl] UpperCase to Lower Case

[Steve Ball <Steve dot Ball at zveno dot com>]

Maneshi Tuli wrote:
> 
> for changing the case , you can use translate() function
> 
> translate($x, 'abcdef....z','ABCD..Z')

Well, that's fine for English text.  However, the XSLTSL now handles
internationalised text (ie. French, German, etc, case translations).

Also, having hard-coded 'translate()' functions littered
throughout your stylesheets can lead to future maintenance
problems.  That's true of the hard-coded approach in other
circumstances.

XSLTSL represents a *general* solution to these types of
(commonly encountered) problems.  As it happens, case translation
is one of the simpler functions of the library.

Using named templates makes the syntax somewhat clumsy - but that's
XSLT for you.  There's not much we can do about that with XSLT 1.0
(I believe v1.1 should be better).

Cheers,
Steve Ball

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> vasu deva wrote:
> 
>>i have a very basic doubt regarding how we can convert the case using xsl
>>i have a variable
>><xsl:variable name = "ampm" select="//Music/programme/ampm"/>
>>
>>it gives AM from xml file.. i need to convert it to am
>>how do i do it??
>>
> 
> The XSLT Standard Library, http://xsltsl.sf.net/, has a
> general solution to this problem - str:to-lower.
> 
> <xsl:variable name='ampm'>
>    <xsl:call-template name='str:to-lower'>
>      <xsl:with-param name='text' select='//Music/programme/ampm'/>
>    </xsl:call-template>
> </xsl:variable>
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> HTHs,
> Steve Ball
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