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

If you want to be case-insensitive, you can just do:

b = True if bool_str.lower() == 'true' else False

Example usage:

>>> bool_str = 'False'
>>> b = True if bool_str.lower() == 'true' else False
>>> b
False
>>> bool_str = 'true'
>>> b = True if bool_str.lower() == 'true' else False
>>> b
True