Python Dictionary len() Method

Hello dear readers! Welcome back to another edition of our tutorial on Python. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the Python Dictionary len() method.

Python dictionary len() method returns the total length of the dictionary. This will be equal to the number of items in the dictionary.

Syntax

The following below is the syntax for Python Dictionary len() method -

len( dict )

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Parameter Details

• dict - This is the dictionary whose length needs to be calculated.

Return Value

It returns the length.

Example

The following below is a simple example -

#!/usr/bin/python

dict = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7};
print "Length : %d" % len (dict)

Output

Below is the output of the above example -

Length : 2

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