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When I use .lower() in Python 2.7, string is not converted to lowercase for letters ŠČŽ.
I read data from dictionary.
I tried using str(tt["code"]).lower(), tt["code"].lower().
Any suggestions ?
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lower() method returns the lowercase string from the given string. It converts all uppercase characters to lowercase. If no uppercase characters exist, it returns the original string.
JavaScript String toLowerCase() The toLowerCase() method converts a string to lowercase letters. The toLowerCase() method does not change the original string.
The lower() method returns a string where all characters are lower case.
In Python, upper() is a built-in method used for string handling. The upper() method returns the uppercased string from the given string. It converts all lowercase characters to uppercase. If no lowercase characters exist, it returns the original string.
Use unicode strings:
drostie@signy:~$ python
Python 2.7.2+ (default, Oct 4 2011, 20:06:09)
[GCC 4.6.1] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> print "ŠČŽ"
ŠČŽ
>>> print "ŠČŽ".lower()
ŠČŽ
>>> print u"ŠČŽ".lower()
ščž
See that little u? That means that it's created as a unicode object rather than a str object.
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Use unicode:
>>> print u'ŠČŽ'.lower().encode('utf8')
ščž
>>>
You need to convert your text to unicode as soon as it enters your programme from the outside world, rather than merely at the point at which you notice an issue.
Accordingly, either use the codecs module to read in decoded text, or use 'bytestring'.decode('latin2') (where in place of latin2 you should use whatever the actual encoding is).
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