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page_title: anytrue - Functions - Configuration Language
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  The anytrue function determines whether any element of a collection
  is true or "true". If the collection is empty, it returns false.
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# `anytrue` Function

-> **Note:** This function is available in Terraform 0.14 and later.

`anytrue` returns `true` if any element in a given collection is `true`
or `"true"`. It also returns `false` if the collection is empty.

```hcl
anytrue(list)
```

## Examples

```command
> anytrue(["true"])
true
> anytrue([true])
true
> anytrue([true, false])
true
> anytrue([])
false
```