Python idiom to return first item or None

Question

I\'m sure there\'s a simpler way of doing this that\'s just not occurring to me.

I\'m calling a bunch of methods that return a list. The list may be empty. If the

Answer 1

How about this:

(my_list and my_list[0]) or None

Note: This should work fine for lists of objects but it might return incorrect answer in case of number or string list per the comments below.