Neatest way to do a case insensitive "in"?

[Steve Holden]

aiwarrior wrote:
> On Mar 13, 9:31 pm, Albert Hopkins <mar... at letterboxes.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 21:04 +0000, tinn... at isbd.co.uk wrote:
>>> What's the neatest way to do the following in case insensitive fashion:-
>>>     if stringA in stringB:
>>>         bla bla bla
>>> I know I can just do:-
>>>     if stringA.lower() in stringB.lower():
>>>         bla bla bla
>>> But I was wondering if there's a neater/easier way?
>> How is "if stringA.lower() in stringB.lower():" complex/messy?
> 
> I do agree with you but what if your really insist and perhaps
> subclass the str and override the __contains__(x) method?
> 
But then objects have to be explicitly created as subclasses of str.

regards
 Steve
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