Python String casefold()

text = "pYtHon"

# convert all characters to lowercase
lowercased_string = text.casefold()

print(lowercased_string)

# Output: python

casefold() Syntax

The syntax of the casefold() method is:

str.casefold()

Here, str is a string.

casefold() Parameters

The casefold() method doesn't take any parameters.

casefold() Return Value

The casefold() method returns:

• a lowercased string

Example 1: Python casefold()

text = "PYTHON IS FUN"

# converts text to lowercase
print(text.casefold())

Output

python is fun

In the above example, we have used the casefold() method to convert all the characters of text to lowercase.

Here, text.casefold() modifies the value of string1 and returns 'python is fun'.

Example 2: casefold() as an Aggressive lower() Method

The casefold() method is similar to the lower() method but it is more aggressive. This means the casefold() method converts more characters into lower case compared to lower() .

For example, the German letter ß is already lowercase so, the lower() method doesn't make the conversion.

But the casefold() method will convert ß to its equivalent character ss.

text = 'groß'

# convert text to lowercase using casefold()
print('Using casefold():', text.casefold()) 

# convert text to lowercase using lower()
print('Using lower():', text.lower())

Output

Using casefold(): gross
Using lower(): groß

In the above example, we have used the casefold() and lower() methods to convert 'groß'.

The casefold() method also converts 'ß' to lowercase whereas lower() doesn't.

Also Read:

• Python String swapcase()
• Python String capitalize()