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How can I compare two strings in a case-insensitive way?

Nov 2nd, 2004 07:19
Jonathan Schroder, unknown unknown, Bjorn Pettersen


import string 
if string.lower("FOO") == string.lower("Foo"): 
   <do something useful> 
if string.upper("FOO") == string.upper("Foo"): 
   <do something useful>