str_to_bool

str_to_bool(bool_str: str) → bool

Convert a string to a bool.

Accepted values (compared in lower case):

• True <=> yes, true, t, 1

• False <=> no, false, f, 0

Parameters:

bool_str – Bool as a string

Returns:

Boolean value

Return type:

bool

Examples

>>> str_to_bool("yes") == True  # Works with "yes", "true", "t", "y", "1" (accepted with any letter case)
True

>>> str_to_bool("no") == False  # Works with "no", "false", "f", "n", "0" (accepted with any letter case)
True