In this tutorial, you’ll learn about the NoneType object None, which acts as the null in Python. This object represents emptiness, and you can use it to mark default parameters and even show when you have no result. None is a tool for doing everything with nothing!

If you have experience with other programming languages, like C or Java, then you’ve probably heard of the concept of **null**. Many languages use this to represent a pointer that doesn’t point to anything, to denote when a variable is empty, or to mark default parameters that you haven’t yet supplied. null is often defined to be 0 in those languages, but null in Python is different.

Python uses the keyword None to define null objects and variables. While None does serve some of the same purposes as null in other languages, it’s another beast entirely. As the null in Python, None is not defined to be 0 or any other value. In Python, None is an object and a first-class citizen!

In this tutorial, you’ll learn:

  • What **None** is and how to test for it
  • When and why to use None as a default parameter
  • What None and NoneType mean in your traceback
  • How to use None in type checking
  • How **null** in Python works under the hood

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Null in Python: Understanding Python's NoneType Object
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