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Python Booleans

Python uses Boolean values True and False to evaluate conditions. Expressions in if statements and conditions like a > b return True or False. Most values like non-empty strings and numbers evaluate to True, while empty values and 0 evaluate to False. Functions can also return Boolean values to determine program flow or check types. Boolean values allow Python code to handle conditional execution and make decisions based on evaluated expressions.

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Python Booleans

Python uses Boolean values True and False to evaluate conditions. Expressions in if statements and conditions like a > b return True or False. Most values like non-empty strings and numbers evaluate to True, while empty values and 0 evaluate to False. Functions can also return Boolean values to determine program flow or check types. Boolean values allow Python code to handle conditional execution and make decisions based on evaluated expressions.

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Boolean Values
In programming you often need to know if an expression is True or False .

You can evaluate any expression in Python, and get one of two answers, True or False .

When you compare two values, the expression is evaluated and Python returns the Boolean
answer:

Example
print(10 > 9)
print(10 == 9)
print(10 < 9)

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When you run a condition in an if statement, Python returns True or False :

Example
Print a message based on whether the condition is True or False :

a = 200
b = 33

if b > a:
print("b is greater than a")
else:
print("b is not greater than a")

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Evaluate Values and Variables


The bool() function allows you to evaluate any value, and give you True or False in return,

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Example
Evaluate a string and a number:

print(bool("Hello"))
print(bool(15))

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Example
Evaluate two variables:

x = "Hello"
y = 15

print(bool(x))
print(bool(y))

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Most Values are True


Almost any value is evaluated to True if it has some sort of content.

Any string is True , except empty strings.

Any number is True , except 0 .

Any list, tuple, set, and dictionary are True , except empty ones.

Example
The following will return True:

bool("abc")
bool(123)
bool(["apple", "cherry", "banana"])
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Some Values are False


In fact, there are not many values that evaluate to False , except empty values, such
as () , [] , {} , "" , the number 0 , and the value None . And of course the
value False evaluates to False .

Example
The following will return False:

bool(False)
bool(None)
bool(0)
bool("")
bool(())
bool([])
bool({})

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One more value, or object in this case, evaluates to False , and that is if you have an object
that is made from a class with a __len__ function that returns 0 or False :

Example
class myclass():
def __len__(self):
return 0

myobj = myclass()
print(bool(myobj))

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Functions can Return a Boolean


You can create functions that returns a Boolean Value:

Example
Print the answer of a function:

def myFunction() :
return True

print(myFunction())

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You can execute code based on the Boolean answer of a function:

Example
Print "YES!" if the function returns True, otherwise print "NO!":

def myFunction() :
return True

if myFunction():
print("YES!")
else:
print("NO!")

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Python also has many built-in functions that return a boolean value, like
the isinstance() function, which can be used to determine if an object is of a certain data
type:

Example
Check if an object is an integer or not:

x = 200
print(isinstance(x, int))
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