Count letters in string python

Question

(New to python and stack overflow)

I was curious if there was a way to count the amount of letters in a string for python. for example:

string="hello"

I just want something to count the letters then output it into a variable for later use.

Answer 1

The following will give the length of a string:

len(string)

In your case, you can assign it:

numLetters = len(string)

This function can be used for other objects besides strings. For additional uses, read the documentation.

Answer 2

Use python function len, i.e.:

size = len(string)

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len()

https://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#len

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DEMO

https://ideone.com/mhpdLi