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Compare 2 strings without considering accents in Python

I would like to compare 2 strings and have True if the strings are identical, without considering the accents.

Example : I would like the following code to print 'Bonjour'

if 'séquoia' in 'Mon sequoia est vert':
    print 'Bonjour'
Solution

  • You should use unidecode function from Unidecode package:

    from unidecode import unidecode

if unidecode(u'séquoia') in 'Mon sequoia est vert':
    print 'Bonjour'