How to convert ‘false’ to 0 and ‘true’ to 1 in Python

Question

Is there a way to convert true of type unicode to 1 and false of type unicode to 0 (in Python)?

For example: x

Answer 1

If you need a general purpose conversion from a string which per se is not a bool, you should better write a routine similar to the one depicted below. In keeping with the spirit of duck typing, I have not silently passed the error but converted it as appropriate for the current scenario.

>>> def str2bool(st):
try:
    return ['false', 'true'].index(st.lower())
except (ValueError, AttributeError):
    raise ValueError('no Valid Conversion Possible')


>>> str2bool('garbaze')

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
    str2bool('garbaze')
  File "", line 5, in str2bool
    raise TypeError('no Valid COnversion Possible')
TypeError: no Valid Conversion Possible
>>> str2bool('false')
0
>>> str2bool('True')
1