Convert True/False value read from file to boolean

Question

I\'m reading a True - False value from a file and I need to convert it to boolean. Currently it always converts it to True even if the value is set

Answer 1

you can use distutils.util.strtobool

>>> from distutils.util import strtobool

>>> strtobool('True')
1
>>> strtobool('False')
0

True values are y, yes, t, true, on and 1; False values are n, no, f, false, off and 0. Raises ValueError if val is anything else.