How Properly Check if a List is not Null in Python

In this tutorial, we're going to learn three methods to check if a python list is empty.

But first, we need to know that in python we use None instead of null.

Method #1 Using "is not None"

syntax:

my_list is not None    

example:

my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4]

print(my_list is not None)

As you can see in the above code, we've checked my_list, and if the list is None, we'll get True in output.

output:

True

Method #2 Using "!= None"

In the second method, we'll use the not equal operation to check if a list is None/null.

syntax:

my_list != None    

example:

my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4]

print(my_list != None)

output:

True

Method #3 Using "mylist:"

syntax:

mylist:  

example:

my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4]

print(True if my_list else False)

output:

True

4. Conclusion

Today we've learned three different methods to check if a list is null in python.

Probably now you asked yourself, what is the good method?

Answer: method #1 because it's more accurate than the others.