Compare two strings for equality ignoring case in XSLT 1.0

Question

I have to check if a value matches a certain string, and the input may be in any case.

<xsl:if test="$adminStatus='Down'">
  do something
</xsl:if>

Answer 1

Use the translate() function on both $adminStatus and target value.

How can I convert a string to upper- or lower-case with XSLT?

Answer 2

You use the translate function to convert all upper case to lower case.

<xsl:if test="translate($adminStatus, 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz') = 'down'">
  do something
</xsl:if>