Published Dec 04 2020
Python provides the bool
type, which can have two values: True
and False
(capitalized)
done = False
done = True
Booleans are especially useful with conditional control structures like if
statements:
done = True
if done:
# run some code here
else:
# run some other code
When evaluating a value for True
or False
, if the value is not a bool
we have some rules depending on the type weβre checking:
True
unless for the number 0
False
only when emptyFalse
only when emptyYou can check if a value is a boolean in this way:
done = True
type(done) == bool #True
Or using isinstance()
, passing 2 arguments: the variable, and the bool
class:
done = True
isinstance(done, bool) #True
The global any()
function is also very useful when working with booleans, as it returns True
if any of the values of the iterable (list, for example) passed as argument are True
:
book_1_read = True
book_2_read = False
read_any_book = any([book_1_read, book_2_read])
The global all()
function is same, but returns True
if all of the values passed to it are True
:
ingredients_purchased = True
meal_cooked = False
ready_to_serve = all([ingredients_purchased, meal_cooked])
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