Python String Len() Method

Description

The len() method in Python String is an in-built function in Python that returns the length of the given string, list, tuple, array, dictionary, etc. The input value here is the value given for which you want the length. The return value in this case is an integer value which is in turn regarded as the length of the given string, list, array, or collections.

Syntax

Here is the syntax for len() method:

len( str )

Parameters

• NA

Return Value

This method is supposed to return the length of the string.

Example

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

#!/usr/bin/python

str = "this is string example....wow!!!";
print "Length of the string: ", len(str)

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

Length of the string:  32

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