On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey@gmail .comwrote:
Then store the string in its original case in the value part of the
key-value pair:
stage_map[key.lower()] = (key,whatever)
- Chris
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On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Fredrik Lundh <fredrik@python ware.com>
wrote:
>
So you're saying to ensure that stage_map's keys are initially lower-case to
begin with? Well, I can't do this either since the case of the keys is
actually valuable later on. It's only for the purposes of this specific
comparison operation that the case should be ignored.
wrote:
>>
>Robert Dailey wrote:
>>
>>
>dictionary lookups use the exact value. to make a case-insensitive
>lookup, use key.lower() instead of key when creating the dictionary, and
>then do
>>
> if lib.lower() not in state_map:
> ...
>Robert Dailey wrote:
>>
>>I currently have a dictionary object that I'm doing the following with:
>>>
>>if lib not in stage_map:
>> # ... do stuff ...
>>>
>>However, this will perform a case-sensitive comparison between lib and
>>each key in stage_map. Is there a way to make this do a case-insensitive
>>comparison instead?
>>>
>>if lib not in stage_map:
>> # ... do stuff ...
>>>
>>However, this will perform a case-sensitive comparison between lib and
>>each key in stage_map. Is there a way to make this do a case-insensitive
>>comparison instead?
>dictionary lookups use the exact value. to make a case-insensitive
>lookup, use key.lower() instead of key when creating the dictionary, and
>then do
>>
> if lib.lower() not in state_map:
> ...
So you're saying to ensure that stage_map's keys are initially lower-case to
begin with? Well, I can't do this either since the case of the keys is
actually valuable later on. It's only for the purposes of this specific
comparison operation that the case should be ignored.
key-value pair:
stage_map[key.lower()] = (key,whatever)
- Chris
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