Python String len() Method

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Description

The method len() returns the length of the string.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for len() method −

len( str )

Parameters

• NA

Return Value

This method returns the length of the string.

Example

The following example shows the usage of len() method.

Live Demo

#!/usr/bin/python

str = "this is string example....wow!!!";
print "Length of the string: ", len(str)

When we run above program, it produces following result −

Length of the string:  32

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