Returning the likelihood of a variable rather than its value?

Question

Consider this code:

test_string = 'not empty'

if test_string:
    return True
else:
    return False

I know I can build a conditional for this:

return True if test_string else False

However, I don't like testing whether a boolean is true or false, when I would rather return a boolean. How can I just get my truth back?

+3

K Engle 04 dec. 14 at 0:54

1 answer

iCodez · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-04T00:55:27+0000

You can use bool

:

return bool(test_string)

Demo:

>>> bool('abc')
True
>>> bool('')
False
>>>