Check if a list is empty in Python

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Check if a list is empty in Python

#create empty list
a = []
#empty list will return a boolean false
if not a:
print("List is empty")

List is empty

#if we want to check explicitly
if len(a) == 0:
print('List is empty')

List is empty

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