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On 9/11/2013 3:31 PM, William Bryant wrote:

> What is .lower() ?

The Python docs have a pretty good index that includes 'lower() (str 
method)'.  Learn to use it.

If you know that .lower is a str method,
 >>> help(str.lower)
at interactive prompt prints a page. Learn to use help(ob) also.


-- 
Terry Jan Reedy