Python List Len() Method

Description

Python list method len() returns the number of elements in the list.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for len() method -

len(list)

Parameters

• list - This is a list for which a number of elements to be counted.

Return Value

This method returns the number of elements in the list.

Example

The following example shows the usage of len() method.

#!/usr/bin/python

list1, list2 = [123, 'xyz', 'zara'], [456, 'abc']
print "First list length : ", len(list1)
print "Second list length : ", len(list2)

When we run the above program, it produces the following result -

First list length :  3
Second list length :  2

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