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. ```

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