Check if a Variable is Empty in Python – Methods and Examples

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I am wondering if python has any function such as php empty function (http://php.net/manual/en/function.empty.php) which check if the variable is empty with following criteria

"" (an empty string)
0 (0 as an integer)
0.0 (0 as a float)
"0" (0 as a string)
NULL
FALSE
array() (an empty array)

Best Answer

See also this previous answer which recommends the not keyword

How to check if a list is empty in Python?

It generalizes to more than just lists:

>>> a = ""
>>> not a
True

>>> a = []
>>> not a
True

>>> a = 0
>>> not a
True

>>> a = 0.0
>>> not a
True

>>> a = numpy.array([])
>>> not a
True

Notably, it will not work for "0" as a string because the string does in fact contain something - a character containing "0". For that you have to convert it to an int:

>>> a = "0"
>>> not a
False

>>> a = '0'
>>> not int(a)
True
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