Is Empty
Check whether text contains meaningful content or is effectively empty.
Purpose
- •Validate note content exists
- •Enable conditional logic in plans
- •Filter out empty results
- •Guard against null/missing data
Input Format
Accepts:
- •Plain text string
- •Note content
Parameters
None.
Output Format
Returns boolean:
- •
Trueif text is null, empty string, or only whitespace - •
Falseif text contains any non-whitespace content
Usage Examples
Basic validation:
json
{"type":"is-empty","target":"$result","out":"$is_empty"}
Used in conditional:
json
{"type":"is-empty","target":"$search_results","out":"$no_results"}
Guidelines
- •Treats null, empty string, whitespace-only as empty
- •Newlines, tabs, spaces count as whitespace
- •Any visible character makes content non-empty
Examples
Empty cases:
code
null → true "" → true " " → true "\n\t \n" → true
Non-empty cases:
code
"Hello" → false " x " → false "0" → false