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#any

Description: Check if any element in an iterable is true.

def any(iterable):
    '''
    Check whether any element in the iterable is true.

    :param iterable: An iterable object
    :return: True if any element in iterable is true; False otherwise. Returns False if iterable is empty.
    '''

Example:

print(any([]))                      # Returns False for empty iterable
print(any(range(10)))               # 0...9
print(any([0 for _ in range(0)]))  # All zeros

Updated: 6/9/2025

Author: PlanC

Created: 6/9/2025