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Asked: 2026-05-16T01:57:46+00:00

I’m looking for a better/more Pythonic solution for the following snippet count = sum(1

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I’m looking for a better/more Pythonic solution for the following snippet

count = sum(1 for e in iterable if e)
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    len(list(filter(None, iterable)))

    Using None as the predicate for filter just says to use the truthiness of the items. (maybe clearer would be len(list(filter(bool, iterable))))

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