Starting Out with Python (4th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134444321
Author: Tony Gaddis
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7.2, Problem 6CP
Program Plan Intro
Function “len()”:
- • In Python, “len()” is a built-in function that returns the length of a list.
- • Thus, the function “len()” is employed to return the number of elements in a given list.
Syntax:
In Python, the built-in function “len()” is expressed as follows:
#The function len() returns the length of the list
len(list)
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