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Benjamin Hedgepeth
5,672 PointsUnderstanding Truthy & Falsy in Python
To determine whether I'm right, do 'truthy' values refer to the objects used in a boolean context and not so much the boolean value that returns true or false?
1 Answer
Peter Lawless
24,404 PointsI would say that's right. Next time you're in a Python shell, try to coerce a boolean value out of some python objects to get a feel for "truthy" and "falsy". Take these as an example:
>>> bool([])
False
>>> bool([1])
True
>>> bool('')
False
>>> bool('hello')
True