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Python all([6,7,8,9]) = True. But 6 = False

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00:00 Python All([6,7,8,9]) = True. But 6 = False
00:52 Accepted Answer Score 2
01:23 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

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Check me: what you’re really asking is, 6 and 7 appear to be False, so why is the second expression True. If so, the answer is that nonzero integers evaluate to True in a boolean context; but when you test 6 == True, the integer is not being coerced into a boolean type, so effectively you’re testing 6 == 1, which is False.

Edit: The correct way to test if something is True in a boolean context is, for example:

bool(6)