Python: Checking if a 'Dictionary' is empty doesn't seem to work

Question

I am trying to check if a dictionary is empty but it doesn\'t behave properly. It just skips it and displays ONLINE without anything except of display the m

Answer 1

Simple ways to check an empty dict are below:

        a= {}

    1. if a == {}:
           print ('empty dict')
    2. if not a:
           print ('empty dict')

Although method 1st is more strict as when a = None, method 1 will provide correct result but method 2 will give an incorrect result.