# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
.. Authors
Novimir Pablant <npablant@pppl.gov>
A set of tools to facilitate string handling in XICSRT.
"""
import numpy as np
[docs]
def simplify_strings(value):
"""
Recursively simplify strings in the given variable.
This will do the following:
1. Make all strings lower case.
"""
if isinstance(value, str):
value = str.lower(value)
elif isinstance(value, dict):
for key in value:
value[key] = simplify_strings(value[key])
elif isinstance(value, list):
for ii in range(len(value)):
value[ii] = simplify_strings(value[ii])
elif isinstance(value, np.ndarray):
for ii in range(len(value)):
value[ii] = simplify_strings(value[ii])
return value