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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 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 above program, it produces following result −
First list length : 3 Second list length : 2
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