Python:Efficient way to check if dictionary is empty or not [duplicate]

Answer 1

Here is another way to do it:

isempty = (dict1 and True) or False

if dict1 is empty then dict1 and True will give {} and this when resolved with False gives False.

if dict1 is non-empty then dict1 and True gives True and this resolved with False gives True

Answer 2

Just check the dictionary:

d = {'hello':'world'}
if d:
  print 'not empty'
else:
  print 'empty'

d = {}
if d:
  print 'not empty'
else:
  print 'empty'

Answer 3

I just wanted to know if the dictionary i was going to try to pull data from had data in it in the first place, this seems to be simplest way.

d = {}

bool(d)

#should return
False

d = {'hello':'world'}

bool(d)

#should return
True

Answer 4

As far as I know the for loop uses the iter function and you should not mess with a structure while iterating over it.

Does it have to be a dictionary? If you use a list something like this might work:

while len(my_list) > 0:
    #get last item from list
    key, value = my_list.pop()
    #do something with key and value
    #maybe
    my_list.append((key, value))

Note that my_list is a list of the tuple (key, value). The only disadvantage is that you cannot access by key.

EDIT: Nevermind, the answer above is mostly the same.

Answer 5

This will do it:

while d:
    k, v = d.popitem()
    # now use k and v ...

A dictionary in boolean context is False if empty, True otherwise.

There is no "first" item in a dictionary, because dictionaries aren't ordered. But popitem will remove and return some item for you each time.

Answer 6

I would say that way is more pythonic and fits on line:

If you need to check value only with the use of your function:

if filter( your_function, dictionary.values() ): ...

When you need to know if your dict contains any keys:

if dictionary: ...

Anyway, using loops here is not Python-way.