Best way to determine if a query is "empty"?

brooke_spreen

I often find myself writing something like:

if ( size(evaluateQuery(context, my_query)) > 0 ) {}

Is there a better way? It seems like `qEmpty()` should be useful, but so far no dice....

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PS - is it possible to make pretty code quotes in this forum? The option under `Paragraph`>`Code` seems to corrupt some characters...

NeilCooke

A query does not contain anything, only when it’s evaluated. The result of an evaluation is an array so you can also do if(evaluateQuery(context, query) !=[])

brooke_spreen

Makes sense, thank you!

NeilCooke

If it is a user selection you are testing you can also use verifyNonemptyQuery 

brooke_spreen

Very elegant!