Python 3 – List len() Method

Description

len() method returns the number of elements in a list.

Syntax

Following is the syntax of the len() method –

len(list)

Parameters

list – This is the list whose number of elements is to be counted.

Return Value

This method returns the number of elements in the list.

Example

The following example demonstrates the use of the len() method.

#!/usr/bin/python3

list1 = ['physics', 'chemistry', 'maths']

list2 = list(range(5)) #Create a list of numbers between 0 and 4
print (len(list2))

Result

When running the above program, it will produce the following result –

3
5