Explain this code and how does "not name" is same as "not name != ' ' " also how is "numOfGuests != 0" same as "numOfGuests"same as

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This is the source site i cant get to understand this piece of code, what does "While not name:" refers to and as mentioned here how could it be same as "not name != '' and how "numOfGuests != 0 " is as same as "if numOfGuests:" your help would be appriciated

name = ''
while not name: #(1)
    print('Enter your name:')
    name = input()
print('How many guests will you have?')
numOfGuests = int(input())
if numOfGuests: #(2)
    print('Be sure to have enough room for all your guests.') #(3)
print('Done')

See [*truth value testing*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#truth-value-testing). The empty string and integer 0 are both false values. — Martijn Pieters, Apr 28 '19 at 09:23

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 28 '19 at 09:37

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In python,the null value means False and Non-null value means True;In this piece of code,when you dose not set the name,the name is False,and the cycle will begin,after you set name value, not name= False, and jump out the cycle

answered Apr 28 '19 at 09:37

yaziLiang

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Explain this code and how does "not name" is same as "not name != ' ' " also how is "numOfGuests != 0" same as "numOfGuests"same as

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