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2023-01-28, 22:21:01

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2023-02-01, 10:11:27

Idiom #110 Check if string is blank

Set the boolean blank to true if the string s is empty, or null, or contains only whitespace ; false otherwise.

Idiom #110 Check if string is blank

Set the boolean blank to true if the string s is empty, or null, or contains only whitespace ; false otherwise.

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blank = not s or s.isspace()
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blank = not s or s.isspace()
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not s evaluates to True for None and empty strings.
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not s evaluates to True for None and empty strings.
Doc URL
https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.isspace
Doc URL
https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.isspace
Demo URL
https://wandbox.org/permlink/eNWjNzfFAO2XXpSX