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title: any
categories: |
  filters
version: 0.104.0
filters: |
  Tests if any element of the input fulfills a predicate expression.
usage: |
  Tests if any element of the input fulfills a predicate expression.
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contributors: false
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# `any` for [filters](/commands/categories/filters.md)

<div class='command-title'>Tests if any element of the input fulfills a predicate expression.</div>

## Signature

```> any {flags} (predicate)```

## Parameters

 -  `predicate`: A closure that must evaluate to a boolean.


## Input/output types:

| input     | output |
| --------- | ------ |
| list\<any\> | bool   |
## Examples

Check if a list contains any true values
```nu
> [false true true false] | any {}
true
```

Check if any row's status is the string 'DOWN'
```nu
> [[status]; [UP] [DOWN] [UP]] | any {|el| $el.status == DOWN }
true
```

Check that any item is a string
```nu
> [1 2 3 4] | any {|| ($in | describe) == 'string' }
false
```

Check if any value is equal to twice its own index
```nu
> [9 8 7 6] | enumerate | any {|i| $i.item == $i.index * 2 }
true
```

Check if any of the values are odd, using a stored closure
```nu
> let cond = {|e| $e mod 2 == 1 }; [2 4 1 6 8] | any $cond
true
```