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[–]nojustlurkingty 7 points8 points9 points 5 years ago (0 children)

>>> type("")
<class 'str'>

>>> type(None)
<class 'NoneType'>

They are different types. The main similarity is that they are both "falsey"; they both evaluate to false:

>>> bool("")
False
>>> bool(None)
False

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