How can i compare a string which is non null and empty

[Grant Edwards]

On 2007-04-02, Shane Geiger <sgeiger at ncee.net> wrote:

>>> how can i compare a string which is non null and empty?
>>>     
>> [...]
>>   
>>> In java,I do this:
>>> if (str != null) && (!str.equals("")) ....
>>>
>>> how can i do that in python?
>>
>> If you want to litterally do that, it's
>>
>>   if (str != None) and (str != ""):
>>     <whatever>  
>>
>> However, the standard idiom for doing that in Python is
>>
>>   if str:
>>     <whatever>
>
> It is probably worth noting that the example is not executable code:  
> str() is a function.

Yea, sorry about that.

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