Python zero-values

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Are there any values other than False, None, 0, and 0.0 that will return False with bool(x) (in Python 3.X)?

glacier · Accepted Answer · 2025-01-04 01:52:09Z

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answered Dec 13, 2010 at 9:51

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What I was looking for. >_> Thanks. I should probably refer to that resource more often.

Frédéric Hamidi · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-13 09:50:47Z

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Any empty sequence or mapping object will also evaluate to False:

>>> bool({})
False
>>> bool([])
False
>>> bool("")
False
>>> bool(())
False

answered Dec 13, 2010 at 9:50

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