Case Insensitive comparison in Python . dEexams.com

To do case insensitive comparison in Python use string's casefold() function.

Python String casefold()

The casefold() method removes all case distinctions present in a string. It is used for Case Insensitive matching.

Syntax:

string.casefold()

There is no parameters required for casefold() function and it returns the casefolded string.

Example1:

 string = "Python casefold EXAMPLE"
 # print lowercase
 print(string.casefold())

Result: 

python casefold example

Example2:

>>> string1 = "This is Python's case sensitive Matching Example"
>>> string2 = "This is python's case sensitive matching example"
>>> string1 == string2
False
>>> string1.casefold() == string2.casefold()
True
>>>

Uk01 on Dec 15, 2015 at 12:12 am

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