How do I get the number of elements in a list (length of a list) in Python?
list, python
Solution
The `len()` function can be used with several different types in Python - both built-in types and library types. For example:
>>> len([1, 2, 3])
3
Problem
How do I get the number of elements in the list `items`? ``` items = ["apple", "orange", "banana"] # There are 3 items. ```