Finding Length of String in Python, len()

We will learn how to find the length of a string in Python.

# Finding Length of Python String

The built-in function len() can be used to find the length of a string.

len(string)

len() takes a string as an argument and returns its length as a number.

If the type is not a string, you need to convert it into a string first and then find its length as shown below.

In this case, the str() function is used to convert it into a string. If it’s not a string, an error like the one below may occur. For example, if it's an int type...
object of type 'int' has no len()

Now, let's create a simple example to understand this in detail.

! Viewing Python len() Function Examples

Below are simple examples where the length of a few strings is printed using the len() function.

As seen above, it was easy to obtain the length of the string.

Note that len() can also be used to get the length of list type (arrays) similarly to string types.

So far, we have briefly learned about the function len() that helps to find the length of a string.