On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > Sorry if this is a basic question, but how do I check if list is empty > or not and return True or False ;)
You can test the list directly, if it is empty it will evaluate to False: if (myList): print 'Something in list' else: print 'list is empty' All containers (list, dict, set, string, etc) work this way: "In the context of Boolean operations, and also when expressions are used by control flow statements, the following values are interpreted as false: False, None, numeric zero of all types, and empty strings and containers (including strings, tuples, lists, dictionaries, sets and frozensets). All other values are interpreted as true." http://docs.python.org/ref/Booleans.html If you really need a boolean value for some reason, use bool(myList). Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
