How can I check that a list has one and only one truthy value?

Question

In python, I have a list that should have one and only one truthy value (that is, bool(value) is True). Is there a clever way to check for this

Answer 1

@JonClements` solution extended for at most N True values:

# Extend any() to n true values
def _NTrue(i, n=1):
    for x in xrange(n):
        if any(i): # False for empty
            continue
        else:
            return False
    return True

def NTrue(iterable, n=1):
    i = iter(iterable)
    return any(i) and not _NTrue(i, n)

edit: better version

def test(iterable, n=1): 
    i = iter(iterable) 
    return sum(any(i) for x in xrange(n+1)) <= n 

edit2: include at least m True's and at most n True's

def test(iterable, n=1, m=1): 
    i = iter(iterable) 
    return  m <= sum(any(i) for x in xrange(n+1)) <= n