The len() method gets the total number of elements in the list.
Example
#!/usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
list1 = ['MIT', 'CIT', 'Yale','UCI']
list1.append('NYU')
print ("The new list is: ", list1)
print (len(list1))
Output:
The new list is: ['MIT', 'CIT', 'Yale', 'UCI', 'NYU']
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Syntax
len(list)
Parameters
| Name | Description |
| list | A list whose elements to be calculated. |
Return Value
It returns the number of items in the list.