the len() function works on lots of objects: >>> a = "this is a string" >>> len(a) 16
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Johan Martinez <jmart...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Steve Willoughby <st...@alchemy.com>wrote: > >> On 24-Oct-11 12:17, Johan Martinez wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the replies everyone - Steve, Dave, Sander and Wayne. I >>> realized my wrong understanding/interpretation after posting the message >>> to the list, which usually happens most of the time with me! >>> >> >> That happens to most of us all the time too :) Unfortunately, with the >> lag between posting to the list and mail getting out to everyone, you'll >> probably get several replies that all say the same thing--we're not piling >> up on you, it's just a bunch of people being helpful without seeing that >> someone already answered yet. >> >> Glad we could help. Looking more into how Python variables work unlocks a >> lot of potential for all sorts of data structure operations that other >> languages require pointers to do, but are a lot easier when essentially all >> "variables" are references to objects but with the details handled behind >> the scenes for you. >> >> -- >> Steve Willoughby / st...@alchemy.com >> "A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." >> PGP Fingerprint 4615 3CCE 0F29 AE6C 8FF4 CA01 73FE 997A 765D 696C > > > Actually it's good to see so many replies and different methods and > explanations here. > > Also, is there any doc link where I can find all the information about > String object - class and instance methods. Google pointed me to following > two links, but that wasn't helpful for finding instance method for finding > length of a string object (rather than using 'len' function). > > - http://docs.python.org/library/string.html > - http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods > > Finally I figured it out ( __length__() ) thanks to ipython shell env. But > is there any online documentation or interactive reference like ruby-ri? > > jM. > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > -- Joel Goldstick
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