How do I do a case-insensitive string comparison?

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Kozyarchuk picture Kozyarchuk · Nov 26, 2008 · Viewed 786.4k times · Source

How can I do case insensitive string comparison in Python?

I would like to encapsulate comparison of a regular strings to a repository string using in a very simple and Pythonic way. I also would like to have ability to look up values in a dict hashed by strings using regular python strings.

Answer

Harley Holcombe picture Harley Holcombe · Nov 26, 2008

Assuming ASCII strings:

string1 = 'Hello'
string2 = 'hello'

if string1.lower() == string2.lower():
    print("The strings are the same (case insensitive)")
else:
    print("The strings are NOT the same (case insensitive)")

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