📘 Python’s Truthy and Falsy Values

In Python, every value can be evaluated as True or False in a boolean context (like if statements, while loops, logical expressions).

🔹 Falsy Values

The following are considered False when evaluated in a boolean context:

1. None
2. False
3. Numeric zeros: 0, 0.0, 0j (complex zero)
4. Empty sequences/containers:
   • Empty string → ""
   • Empty list → []
   • Empty tuple → ()
   • Empty dictionary → {}
   • Empty set → set()
   • Empty range → range(0)

🔹 Truthy Values

• All other values not listed above are considered True.
• Example: Non-empty strings, non-empty lists, non-zero numbers, objects, etc.

🔹 Example

if []:
    print("This won't print")
else:
    print("Falsy value")   # [] is falsy

if [1, 2, 3]:
    print("Truthy value")  # Non-empty list is truthy

🔹 Output

Falsy value
Truthy value

✅ Summary:

• Falsy values: None, False, 0, 0.0, 0j, '' , [] , () , {} , set()
• Truthy values: Everything else.

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