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any()

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any() is built into Python. You do not import it. Freshers only need one honest call and the printed result — not a long definition.

any() — output — True then False. any True if at least one item is true.

Wrong type often raises TypeError. Empty values matter for bool/all/any. Don’t mix any up with a similar name (sorted vs sort, int vs float).

Exam tip

Call any() once and say what prints.

# any()
print(any([False, True]))
print(any([False, False]))

any() — output: True then False. any True if at least one item is true.