comparing two strings for equality ignoring case in xslt 1.0

Question

I have to compare adminStatus value whether it is 'Down' the input may be in any case,how to igonre the case using only xslt 1.0

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

Answer 1

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

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/586231/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>