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On 2014.08.28 15:38, Seymore4Head wrote:
> What am I doing wrong?
>>> True == True
True
>>> True == "True"
False
>>> type(True)
<class 'bool'>
>>> type("True")
<class 'str'>

Also, if is already a boolean test, and it is more Pythonic to simply write "if
pigword.isalpha():".