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| From | Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> |
| Date | 2011-05-06 17:51 -0600 |
| Subject | Re: checking if a list is empty |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.1276.1304725936.9059.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Philip Semanchuk <philip@semanchuk.com> wrote:
> What if it's not a list but a tuple or a numpy array? Often I just want to iterate through an element's items and I don't care if it's a list, set, etc. For instance, given this function definition --
>
> def print_items(an_iterable):
> if not an_iterable:
> print "The iterable is empty"
> else:
> for item in an_iterable:
> print item
>
> I get the output I want with all of these calls:
> print_items( list() )
> print_items( tuple() )
> print_items( set() )
> print_items( numpy.array([]) )
But sadly it fails on iterators:
print_items(xrange(0))
print_items(-x for x in [])
print_items({}.iteritems())
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checking if a list is empty Jabba Laci <jabba.laci@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 02:36 -0400
Re: checking if a list is empty Richard Thomas <chardster@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 03:34 -0700
Re: checking if a list is empty scattered <tooscattered@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 14:57 -0700
Re: checking if a list is empty Philip Semanchuk <philip@semanchuk.com> - 2011-05-06 18:21 -0400
Re: checking if a list is empty Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 17:51 -0600
Re: checking if a list is empty Jon Clements <joncle@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-06 17:43 -0700
Re: checking if a list is empty Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2011-05-14 10:52 +0200
Re: checking if a list is empty Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-07 02:51 +0000
Re: checking if a list is empty Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-11 10:02 +0100
Re: checking if a list is empty Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-11 12:14 +0000
Re: checking if a list is empty Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-11 15:05 +0100
Re: checking if a list is empty "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net> - 2011-05-11 10:27 -0400
Re: checking if a list is empty Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-11 18:59 +0100
Re: checking if a list is empty alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2011-05-11 20:16 -0700
Re: checking if a list is empty Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-12 06:20 +0100
Re: checking if a list is empty Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-11 15:50 +0000
Re: checking if a list is empty Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-12 02:05 +1000
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Re: checking if a list is empty harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-11 16:13 -0500
RE: checking if a list is empty "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmchase.com> - 2011-05-11 13:39 -0400
Re: checking if a list is empty Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-05-11 08:26 -0400
Re: checking if a list is empty Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-11 13:29 +0000
Re: checking if a list is empty Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2011-05-12 17:44 +1200
Re: checking if a list is empty Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-12 07:06 +0100
Re: checking if a list is empty Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-05-12 07:36 -0400
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Re: checking if a list is empty rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-05-14 10:43 -0700
Re: checking if a list is empty Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-14 17:29 -0400
Re: checking if a list is empty Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-15 09:26 +1000
Re: checking if a list is empty rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-05-14 19:41 -0700
Re: checking if a list is empty Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-15 05:07 +0000
Re: checking if a list is empty rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-05-15 10:33 -0700
Re: checking if a list is empty Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-15 17:36 -0400
Re: checking if a list is empty rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-05-15 22:56 -0700
Re: checking if a list is empty Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-16 00:36 +0000
Re: checking if a list is empty harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-15 20:59 -0500
Re: checking if a list is empty rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-05-15 22:40 -0700
Re: checking if a list is empty harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-15 20:25 -0500
Re: checking if a list is empty Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-15 21:57 -0400
Re: checking if a list is empty Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-14 16:59 -0400
Re: checking if a list is empty Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-15 05:00 +0000
Re: checking if a list is empty Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-14 16:53 -0400
Re: checking if a list is empty Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-12 15:37 -0400
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