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How to check if a tuple is empty in Python?

Just like lists, tuples are also a sequence of values and are considered falsy if they are empty. So, if you want to check if a tuple is empty, you can simply use the not operator.

empty_tuple = ()
non_empty_tuple = (1, 2, 3)

not empty_tuple # True
not non_empty_tuple # False
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In the above code example, we can see that the not operator returns True if the tuple is empty and False if the tuple is not empty. The not operator is a unary operator that returns the opposite of the value it is applied to. Using the not operator is considered the most Pythonic way to check if a object is empty.

There are other ways to check if a tuple is empty. For example, you can use the len() function. This function returns the length of the tuple, which is 0 if the tuple is empty.

empty_tuple = ()
non_empty_tuple = (1, 2, 3)

len(empty_tuple) == 0 # True
len(non_empty_tuple) == 0 # False
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One more way to check if a tuple is empty is to compare the tuple to an empty tuple using the == operator.

empty_tuple = ()
non_empty_tuple = (1, 2, 3)

empty_tuple == () # True
non_empty_tuple == () # False
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Rohit Kumar • Edited

Python tuple operations are very similar to Python lists therefore I think all operations that work on tuple can also work with Python lists and vice-versa. The blog explains things very clearly and easily.

I need suggestions on my blogs on list and tuple. Here is the link: -
[surushatutorials.blogspot.com/2024...]

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