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Is a dictionary empty?

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Write a Python program to check whether a dictionary is empty.

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Input
{}, {"a": 1}
Output
{} -> empty
{'a': 1} -> not empty

Approach

  1. An empty dict is falsy.

Solution

Python
for d in [{}, {"a": 1}]:    print(d, "-> empty" if not d else "-> not empty")
Output
{} -> empty
{'a': 1} -> not empty
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