Comparison of performance of case sensitivity comparisons in python

case_sensitivity_perf_test.py

import timeit

setup = """
import re
from itertools import ifilter

x = "active"
regex = re.compile(x, re.IGNORECASE)

def uppertest():
    return x.upper() == "ACTIVE"

def lowertest():
    return x.lower() == "active"

def intest():
    return x in ["ACTIVE", "active"]

def ortest():
    return x == "ACTIVE" or x == "active"

def regextest():
    return regex.match("ACTIVE")

def base():
   return x == "active"
"""

print "upper test:", min(timeit.Timer("uppertest()", setup=setup).repeat(7, 1000))
print "lower test:", min(timeit.Timer("lowertest()", setup=setup).repeat(7, 1000))
print "in test:   ", min(timeit.Timer("intest()", setup=setup).repeat(7, 1000))
print "or test:   ", min(timeit.Timer("ortest()", setup=setup).repeat(7, 1000))
print "regex test:", min(timeit.Timer("regextest()", setup=setup).repeat(7, 1000))
print "baseline:  ", min(timeit.Timer("base()", setup=setup).repeat(7, 1000))