Dart| Flutter How to: Check List is empty or not Example

Dart| Flutter How to: Check List is empty or not Example

This tutorial shows multiple ways how to find if the list is empty or not in Dart or Flutter.

This post talks about the below things.

  • How to check if a given list length is zero
  • Find list is empty or blank.
  • Check List contains nil elements

What is an empty list in dart?

An empty list is a list with no elements and is blank.

You can check another post, create an empty list in flutter

Dart List provides inbuilt methods and properties to check empty or blank list

  • length: returns a count of elements in a List. if returns 0, the list is empty.
  • isEmpty: Checks empty list and returns a boolean value, true means Empty list.
  • isNotEmpty: Checks non-empty list and returns a boolean value, false means Empty list.

How to check whether List is empty or not in Dart Flutter using the isEmpty property in dart

isEmpty always returns a boolean value true or false. - true: return if the list is empty. - false: return if the list is non-empty.

This is used to check if the list is empty.

Here is an example program code

void main() {
  var numbers = List.empty();
  print(numbers.isEmpty); //true
  if (numbers.isEmpty)
    print("list is empty");
  else {
    print("list is not empty");
  }
}

Output:

true
list is empty

Check if the list is non-empty using the isNonEmpty property in the dart

isNonEmpty always returns the boolean value true or false. - true: return if the list is non-empty. - false: return if the list is empty.

It is used to checklist is empty or non-empty.

Here is an example code

void main() {
  var numbers = List.empty();
  print(numbers.isNotEmpty); //false
  if (numbers.isNotEmpty)
    print("list is empty");
  else {
    print("list is not empty");
  }
}

Output:

false
the list is not empty

How to Check an empty list using the length property in the flutter

The length property always returns the int number. if it is zero, an empty list. else, not an empty list.

Like other approaches above, It does not return a boolean value. It uses in condition statements such as if, you have to again compare the result with zero i.e (numbers.length==0).

This approach is recommended to use the size of a List object.

Here is an example code

void main() {
  var numbers = List.empty();
  print(numbers.length); //0
  if (numbers.length==0)
    print("list is empty");
  else {
    print("list is not empty");
  }
}

Output:

0
list is empty

Conclusion

Learned multiple approaches to finding an empty list or not in dart and flutter.