Pygame - number of sprites in a group

Question

How do I determine how many sprites are in a group? len() should work, but just... doesn't. Code: ``` print(len(sprites)) print('sprites',sprites) ``` Output: ``` 0 ('sprites', <Group(1 sprites)>) ``` (Yes, I did make a group called 'sprites') EDIT: I renamed "sprites" to "aliveSprites", just in case that was the issue. No luck. Here's the code: ``` print(len(aliveSprites.sprites())) if len(aliveSprites.sprites()) == 0: thing = test() aliveSprites.add(thing) thing.rect.x = 100 thing.rect.y = 300 print('sprites',aliveSprites) ```

Accepted Answer

Try (as ugly as it looks)

```
len(sprites.sprites)
```

Pygame Sprites Group does support the len operation.

```
pygame.sprite.Group
```

A simple container for Sprite objects. This class can be inherited to create containers with more specific behaviors. The constructor takes any number of Sprite arguments to add to the Group. The group supports the following standard Python operations:

```
in      test if a Sprite is contained
len     the number of Sprites contained
bool    test if any Sprites are contained
iter    iterate through all the Sprites
```

Pygame - number of sprites in a group

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