What is a "container" when I call len()?

Question

I was digging into python functions I would like help understanding what I found.

>>> help(len)

Help on built-in function len in module builtins:

len(obj, /)
    Return the number of items in a container.

I do not understand what the container would be. I used the following code.

>>> example = "art", "women",

>>> print(len(example))

2

See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11575925/what-exactly-are-containers-in-python-and-what-are-all-the-python-container — Confused Learner, May 18 '21 at 15:47
So... thank you for the answer. Did you really need to do the downvotes? — ArnoldDent, May 18 '21 at 17:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 18 '21 at 16:40

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Any container holding something.

>>> ex = [1,2,3]
>>> print(len(ex))
3
>>> ex2 = "a string"
>>> print(len(ex2))
8
>>> ex3 = {1,2,3,4}
>>> print(len(ex3))
4

array, string, list, ...

answered May 18 '21 at 16:40

Kevin

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