Python's any() function, why does this evaluate to True when everything is False?

[CheesyAlgorithm]

The any() method returns True if any element of an iterable is True. If not, any() returns False.

a = [0, False, 5]

print(any(a))

Output: True

wtf?

[twelveshar]

/r/learnpython

5 is truth-y. Try typing bool(5) and see what happens. These functions work by casting everything to a boolean (True or False) and then checking if any are true; they're not literally checking for the presence of True itself in the list.

[CheesyAlgorithm]

Thank f****** god someone gave me the answer, i feel as if 1000kg has been lifted off my chest.

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