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+title: How can I check if a string is empty in Python?
+shortTitle: String is empty
+type: question
+language: python
+tags: [string]
+author: chalarangelo
+cover: tea-laptop-table
+excerpt: Here are two quick and elegant ways to check if a string is empty in Python.
+dateModified: 2022-08-05T05:00:00-04:00
+---
+
+When working with Python strings, a pretty common question is how does one check if a string is empty. There's a straightforward answer to this that takes advantage of the truth value of strings.
+
+In Python, any object can be tested for truth value, including strings. In this context, **strings are considered truthy if they are non-empty**, meaning they contain at least one character. Thus, simply using the `not` operator, you can check if a string is empty.
+
+```py
+empty_string = ''
+non_empty_string = 'Hello'
+
+not empty_string # True
+not non_empty_string # False
+```
+
+While this method works in most cases, you may also need to check if the actual value is a string. In this case, you can compare your string to the empty string using the `==` operator.
+
+```py
+empty_string = ''
+non_empty_string = 'Hello'
+non_string = 0
+
+empty_string == '' # True
+non_empty_string == '' # False
+non_string == '' # False
+```