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Often, we’ll need to find the number of items in a list, usually called its length.

We can do this using a built-in function called len().

When we apply len() to a list, we get the number of elements in that list:

my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] print(len(my_list))

Would output:

5

Let’s find the length of various lists!

Instructions

1.

Calculate the length of long_list and save it to the variable long_list_len.

2.

Use print() to examine long_list_len.

3.

We have provided a completed range() function for the variable big_range.

Calculate its length using the function len() and save it to a variable called big_range_length.

Note: Range objects do not need to be converted to lists in order to determine their length

4.

Use print() to examine big_range_length.

5.

Change the range() function that generates big_range so that it skips 100 instead of 10 steps between items.

How does this change big_range_length?

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