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Python Booleans

Booleans represent one of two values: True or False

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.
Example
When you compare two values, the expression is evaluated and Python
returns the Boolean answer
In [1]: print(10 > 9)
print(10 == 9)
print(10 < 9)

True
False
False

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
In [2]: a = 200
b = 33

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

b is not greater than a

Evaluate Values and Variables


The bool() function allows you to evaluate any value, and give you True or False
in return
Example
Evaluate a string and a number
In [4]: print(bool("Hello"))
print(bool(15))
True
True

Example
Evaluate two variables
In [3]: x = "Hello"
y = 15

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

True
True

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
In [6]: print(bool("abc"))
print(bool(123))
print(bool(["apple", "cherry", "banana"]))

True
True
True

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
In [8]: print(bool(False))
print(bool(None))
print(bool(0))
print(bool(""))
print(bool(()))
print(bool([]))
print(bool({}))
False
False
False
False
False
False
False

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
In [9]: class myclass():
def __len__(self):
return 0

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

False

Functions can Return a Boolean


You can create functions that returns a Boolean Value
Example
Print the answer of a function
In [10]: def myFunction() :
return True

print(myFunction())

True

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


Example
Print "YES!" if the function returns True, otherwise print "NO!"
In [11]: def myFunction() :
return True

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

YES!

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
In [6]: x = 200
print(isinstance(x, int))

True

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