How to check if the string is empty?

Question

Does Python have something like an empty string variable where you can do:

if myString == string.empty:

Regardless, what\'s the most elegan

Answer 1

How about this? Perhaps it's not "the most elegant", but it seems pretty complete and clear:

if (s is None) or (str(s).strip()==""): // STRING s IS "EMPTY"...