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How to Check if a String Ends with a File Extension in Python

This code checks whether a filename ends with any of a list of file extensions, handling case insensitivity.

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def ends_with_extension(filename, extensions):
    """Check if a filename ends with any of the given extensions."""
    lower_name = filename.lower()
    return any(lower_name.endswith(ext.lower()) for ext in extensions)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Test cases
    test_files = ["report.pdf", "image.PNG", "script.…
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How to Check if a String Starts With a Prefix Case-Insensitively in Python

This code defines a function that checks if a string starts with a given prefix, ignoring case, using the lower() method.

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def starts_with_case_insensitive(text, prefix):
    """Check if a string starts with a given prefix, ignoring case."""
    return text.lower().startswith(prefix.lower())


if __name__ == "__main__":
    test_strings = [
        ("Hello World", "hello"),
        ("Python Programming", "PYTHON"),
        ("Data Science"…
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Text Processor Functions for Beginners in Python

Demonstrates simple text-processing utilities: word counting, word reversal, whitespace normalization, and lowercase conversion using basic string methods.

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def count_words(text):
    """Return the number of words in a string."""
    return len(text.split())

def reverse_words(text):
    """Return the text with words in reverse order."""
    return ' '.join(text.split()[::-1])

def remove_extra_spaces(text):
    """Return text with extra whitespace collapsed to a single s…
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