Damn Exceptions!

I love this answer. However, since next() raise a StopIteration exception when there are no items, i would use the following snippet to avoid an exception:

a = []
item = next((x for x in a), None)

For example,

a = []
item = next(x for x in a)

Will raise a StopIteration exception;

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
StopIteration

Damn Exceptions!

I love Alex Martelli's answer. However, since next() raise a StopIteration exception when there are no items, i would use the following snippet to avoid an exception:

a = []
item = next((x for x in a), None)

For example,

a = []
item = next(x for x in a)

Will raise a StopIteration exception;

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
StopIteration

Damn Exceptions!

I love this answer. However, since next() raise a StopIteration exception when there are no items, i would use the following snippet to avoid an exception:

a = []
item = next((x for x in a), None)

For example,

a = []
item = next(x for x in a)

Will raise a StopIteration exception;

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
StopIteration

Damn Exceptions!

I love this answer. However, since next() raise a StopIteration exception when there are no items, i would use the following snippet to avoid an exception:

a = []
item = next((x for x in a), None)

For example,

a = []
item = next(x for x in a)

Will raise a StopIteration exception;

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
StopIteration

Damn Exceptions!

I love this answer. However, since next() raise a StopIteration exception when there are no items, i would use the following snippet to avoid an exception:

a = []
item = next(x for x in a) if any(a) else None

For example,

a = []
item = next(x for x in a)

Will raise a StopIteration exception;

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
StopIteration

Damn Exceptions!

I love this answer. However, since next() raise a StopIteration exception when there are no items, i would use the following snippet to avoid an exception:

a = []
item = next((x for x in a), None)

For example,

a = []
item = next(x for x in a)

Will raise a StopIteration exception;

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
StopIteration