How do I do a case-insensitive string comparison?

You can convert both strings to lowercase or uppercase (using the lower() or upper() method) before doing the comparison.

Python code snippet for case-insensitive string comparison:

Convert strings to lowercase with lower() method in Python

string1 = "Hello World"
string2 = "HELLO WORLD"

if string1.lower() == string2.lower():
    print("The strings are case-insensitively equal.")
else:
    print("The strings are not case-insensitively equal.")

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Convert strings to uppercase with upper() method in Python

string1 = "Hello World"
string2 = "HELLO WORLD"

if string1.upper() == string2.upper():
    print("The strings are case-insensitively equal.")
else:
    print("The strings are not case-insensitively equal.")

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In this example, the comparison will be true and the message "The strings are case-insensitively equal." will be printed.