count number of lists inside a list python

Question

I have a list like this :

test=[[1, 0, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1],
    [0, 0, 1, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 0, 1],
    [0, 0, 0, 1], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 0, 1],
    [1, 0, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0],[0,0,0,0]]

How can i count how many lists i have inside list called test ?

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This is not exactly a dup since op wants to know how many lists resides in his list of lists rather than how many elements are inside. — answerSeeker, Apr 26 '17 at 01:24

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 30 '15 at 15:54

You will utilize the len function for this task:

Return the length (the number of items) of an object. The argument may be a sequence (such as a string, bytes, tuple, list, or range) or a collection (such as a dictionary, set, or frozen set).

>>> test=[[1, 0, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1],
...     [0, 0, 1, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 0, 1],
...     [0, 0, 0, 1], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 0, 1],
...     [1, 0, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0],[0,0,0,0]]
>>> len(test)
18

count number of lists inside a list python

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