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List.isEmpty<'T> Function (F#)

Visual Studio 2010

Other Versions

Visual Studio 11

Updated: August 2010

Tests whether a list is empty.

Namespace/Module Path: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.List

Assembly: FSharp.Core (in FSharp.Core.dll)

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// Signature:
List.isEmpty : 'T list -> bool

// Usage:
List.isEmpty list

Parameters

list

Type: 'T list

The input list.

Return Value

true if the list is empty. Otherwise, returns false.

Remarks

This function is named IsEmpty in compiled assemblies. If you are accessing the function from a .NET language other than F#, or through reflection, use this name.

Example

The following code shows how to use List.isEmpty.

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let printList list1 = 
    if (List.isEmpty list1) then
        printfn "There are no elements in this list."
    else
        printfn "This list contains the following elements:"
        List.iter (fun elem -> printf "%A " elem) list1
        printfn ""
printList [ "test1"; "test2" ]
printList [ ]

Output

This list contains the following elements:
"test1" "test2" 
There are no elements in this list.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP x64 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2

Version Information

F# Runtime

Supported in: 2.0, 4.0

Silverlight

Supported in: 3

Reference

Collections.List Module (F#)

Microsoft.FSharp.Collections Namespace (F#)

Change History

Date	History	Reason
August 2010	Added code example.	Information enhancement.

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August 2010

Added code example.

Information enhancement.

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