Get amount of bytes in a file - Printable Version

Get amount of bytes in a file - Printable Version

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Get amount of bytes in a file - chesschaser - Aug-23-2021

Hi guys!

I am writing a program and it has a variable in it of type bytes. i need to get the amount of bytes this variable contains.
Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks! Smile

RE: Get amount of bytes in a file - deanhystad - Aug-23-2021

The same way you get the number of items in any collection; len(collection).

x = b'123456789'
print(len(x))

Output:
9