compare 2 string

[python101]

I have 2 strings

name1 = 'john smith'

name2 = 'John smith'

What command should I use to check whether name2 is a capitalized version of name1? (the return value is True)

[bvdet]

I have 2 strings

name1 = 'john smith'

name2 = 'John smith'

What command should I use to check whether name2 is a capitalized version of name1? (the return value is True)

[code=Python]>>> name1 = 'john smith'
>>> name2 = 'John smith'
>>> name1.lower() == name2.lower()
True
>>> import string
>>> name2[0] in string.ascii_up percase
True
>>> [/code]HTH

[python101]

[code=Python]>>> name1 = 'john smith'
>>> name2 = 'John smith'
>>> name1.lower() == name2.lower()
True
>>> import string
>>> name2[0] in string.ascii_up percase
True
>>> [/code]HTH

Thank you very much. I figured out just a few hours ago.
[code=python]
name2==name1.ca pitalize()
[/code]
Very simple but I am an absolute beginner +_+

[bartonc]

Thank you very much. I figured out just a few hours ago.
[code=python]
name2==name1.ca pitalize()
[/code]
Very simple but I am an absolute beginner +_+

Yep. That's the way I went, too. But looking at bvdet's example, I see that it does a far more complete job of making sure that the case of all the letters are the same.