bool() to get boolean value True or False from object in python

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bool(object)

object :input any object
Returns boolean vlaue ( True or False )

Examples

x=10
y=bool(x)
print(y) # True

x='12'
y=bool(x)
print(y) # True

x='' # empty string
y=bool(x)
print(y) # False

x=0  
y=bool(x)
print(y) # False

x=1
y=bool(x)
print(y) # True

x=[] # empty list
y=bool(x)
print(y) # False

x=() # empty tuple
y=bool(x)
print(y) # False

x={} # empty set
y=bool(x)
print(y) # False

x=None
y=bool(x)
print(y) # False

We can use type() to know more about boolean data type.

x=4
y=bool(x)
print(type(y)) # <class 'bool'>

bool() will return False for following inputs
empty string
empty list
any empty iterable object
None
0
False

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