How to use a string method on user input

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How to use a string method on user input - Exsul - Mar-17-2019

while input("Hit Enter or type \"stop.\" ") != "stop":

I'm trying to make it so that it doesn't matter if the user capitalizes "stop" or puts it in all caps. I've tried

while input("Hit Enter or type \"stop.\" ") != str.lower("stop"):

but that doesn't seem to do anything. I've also tried

while input(str.lower("Hit Enter or type \"stop.\" ")) != "stop":

but that just makes the prompt lower case. Help?

RE: How to use a string method on user input - ichabod801 - Mar-17-2019

You use string methods on a string, not the str type.

while input("Hit Enter or type \"stop.\" ").lower() != "stop":

Since input returns a string, you can put it to the right of the input call, and it will apply to the return value of input.

RE: How to use a string method on user input - Exsul - Mar-17-2019

(Mar-17-2019, 08:09 PM)ichabod801 Wrote: You use string methods on a string, not the str type.
while input("Hit Enter or type \"stop.\" ").lower() != "stop":
Since input returns a string, you can put it to the right of the input call, and it will apply to the return value of input.

Perfect! Thank you.