Python List len() Method

Description

The 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 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);

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

First list length :  3
Second lsit length :  2