[Tutor] Re: Searching for text while ignoring case

[Emile van Sebille]

jlohman@cox.net asks,
> How do I make a command like FIND() search for text 
> strings in a line and can recognize them regardless 
> of case? A word like "puppy" would be "Puppy" sometimes 
> if it started a sentence. However, a search for "puppy" 
> will miss "Puppy".
> 

Here's one way:

>>> text = "Testing, one, two, three, testing."
>>> text.find("testing")
26
>>> text.upper().find("testing".upper())
0
>>>

(Remember that -1 indicates no match with find)


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Emile van Sebille
emile@fenx.com

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