Xslt Help

[Bhavs]

How to convert a node value to lowercase???
I have
<xsl:when test="//@locationName ='xyz'">

I have to convert the locationName to lowercase in the xslt page.
Can I use the toLower function?

I am new to XSLT, Pls help...

[MarkoKlacar]

Hi,

Yes you can use toLower. Do you know how to get the value you need to change the case for?

/MK

[Bhavs]

Hi,

Yes you can use toLower. Do you know how to get the value you need to change the case for?

/MK

Hi Mark,

Thanks for replying.

No, I dont know how to get value.. Can u pls let me know how to get?

[MarkoKlacar]

Hi,

It's Marko, but it's ok.... : - )

In your case, if I understood in correctly, you want to get the value of an attribute? This will help you to understand how you should do that.

Sooner or later you will probably want to get the value of an element, this is what you would want to read in order to see how that's done.

Let me know if you need more help.

/MK

[Dormilich]

No, I dont know how to get value.. Can u pls let me know how to get?

I think, in this case it is better to use a template or for-each construct than <xsl:if>, since you do not have access to the node-set of your test clause.

In addition I would also recommend a xslt tutorial (e.g. w3schools.com) for reading on the template construct.

you can apply kind-of if-statements by using a "conditional xpath" (like //element[@attr = 'value'])

regards

[Bhavs]

Hi Marko,
Thanks for the info.

Tried with the following code

<xsl:variable name='location'>
<xsl:call-template name='str:to-lower'>
<xsl:with-param name='text' select='//@locationName'/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:variable>

But it says the the prefix 'str' is note defined

Regards,
Bh

[MarkoKlacar]

Hi,

Have you declared it? The way your code looks now you have declared a function, no need to do that since the toLower is a standard function. Perhaps you need to have a quick look at namespaces in XSL to get you started. You can also have a look at this.

/MK

[Bhavs]

Hi,

I am using this namespace

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

Do I need to add anything else??

Thnks..

[MarkoKlacar]

Hi,

That should about cover it as far as I know...

Have you figured out how to call the function?
Have you solved the problem?

/MK

[Bhavs]

Hi,

That should about cover it as far as I know...

Have you figured out how to call the function?
Have you solved the problem?

/MK

Hi Marko,

NO, I haven't, as I am getting an eror telling that prefix str is not defined.

Regards,
Bh

[Dormilich]

As far as I know, there is no toupper-function in either XSLT 1.0 or XPath 1.0 (there you could use the translate() function, but that's not that elegant). There is such a function in XPath 2.0 (lower-case()).

str:to-lower is a library (XSLT Standard Library ) dependant function (this has nothing to do with the core XSLT)

regards

[Bhavs]

Hi all,

I am using XSLT 1.0

So, that might be the reson that str:to-lower is not getting recognised.

So, now I am trying to use the translate function to do the same.
But it doesn' seem to be working.

<xsl:variable name='location'>
<xsl:value-of select='translate("//@locationName","JERSEY","jersey")'/>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="location ='jersey'">
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</xsl:choose>

[Dormilich]

your test condition looks for a child element named location, whose string value is "jersey", if you want to use the variable, use $location.

btw. to put a a value in $location you should rather use the select attribute:

<xsl:variable name='location' select='translate("//@locationName","JERSEY","jersey")'/>
...
<xsl:when test="$location = 'jersey'">

regards

[Bhavs]

your test condition looks for a child element named location, whose string value is "jersey", if you want to use the variable, use $location.

btw. to put a a value in $location you should rather use the select attribute:

<xsl:variable name='location' select='translate("//@locationName","JERSEY","jersey")'/>
...
<xsl:when test="$location = 'jersey'">

regards

Hi..
]<xsl:variable name='location' select='translate("//@locationName","JERSEY","jersey")'/>

For the above, the xsl is taking //@locationName as //@locationName literally.
I mean its not taking the value of the node :D

So its translating //@locationName with //@locationname


Pls give me some ideas to take the value os the node here.
I tried many things, but none of them seem to wrk..

[Dormilich]

ah, ok.
you give the location path as a string (my fault, didn't see it in the first place)... try

<xsl:variable name='text' select='translate(//@locationName,"JERSEY","jersey")'/>
// or
<xsl:variable name='location' select="//@locationName"/>
<xsl:variable name='text' select='translate($location,"JERSEY","jersey")'/>
 ...
<xsl:when test="$text = 'jersey'">

regards

[Bhavs]

Thanks... It is working fine now........ :)

[Dormilich]

glad I could help you

regards