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Andrew Brookins · Jun 28, 2020

Why Does Python Have a len() Function?

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New Python users are often surprised to learn that you call a global function named len() to get the number of items in a container. For example, if you’re used to a language like Ruby or Java, you might expect a Python list to have a length() method, but no – to get a list’s length, you call len(my_list) . Now, of course, beauty is subjective. But why does Python use this approach instead of…

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