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A case-insensitive ordered dictionary for Python

nocasedict

A case-insensitive ordered dictionary for Python.

Class NocaseDict is a case-insensitive ordered dictionary that preserves the original lexical case of its keys.

Example:

$ python
>>> from nocasedict import NocaseDict

>>> dict1 = NocaseDict({'Alpha': 1, 'Beta': 2})

>>> dict1['ALPHA']  # Lookup by key is case-insensitive
1

>>> print(dict1)  # Keys are returned with the original lexical case
NocaseDict({'Alpha': 1, 'Beta': 2})

The NocaseDict class supports the functionality of the built-in dict class of Python 3.8 on all Python versions it supports with the following exceptions (and the case-insensitivity of course):

  • The iter..(), view..() and has_key() methods are only present on Python 2, consistent with the built-in dict class.
  • The keys(), values() and items() methods return a list on Python 2 and

     

     

     

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