"It's me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> What's the best way to count number of items in a list?
>
> For instance,
>
> a=[[1,2,4],4,5,[2,3]]
>
> I want to know how many items are there in a (answer should be 7 - I don't
> want it to be 4)
How about this?
def totallen(x):
if isinstance(x, (list, tuple, dict)):
return sum(map(totallen, x))
return 1
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