["python","string","boolean"]
Converting from a string to boolean in Python

How do I convert a string into a boolean in Python? This attempt returns True: >>> bool("False") True
Really, you just compare the string to whatever you expect to accept as representing true, so you can do this: s == 'True' Or to checks against a whole bunch of values: s.lower() in ['true', '1', 't', 'y', 'yes', 'yeah', 'yup', 'certainly', 'uh-huh'] Be cautious when using the following: >>> bool("foo") True >>> bool("False") # beware! True >>> bool("") False Empty strings evaluate to False, but everything else evaluates to True. So this should not be used for any kind of parsing purposes.