How to print items from a list with specific length in Python

my_list = ['dinner','python','computer','developer','programming']

Now as you can see there are several items in our list.

Now, you are said to find the items with a specific number of characters.

Suppose, you have to find the items having a specific length 8.

Algorithm to solve this:

• Read the list items in a for loop.
• In the for loop keep checking if the value of the item is equal to 8 or not.
• If any item found just print it.

Python code to print items from a list with a specific length

my_list = ['dinner','python','computer','developer','programming']
for i in my_list:
    if(len(i)) == 8:
        print(i)

Output:

$ python codespeedy.py
computer

Among all the items in our list only the item “computer” is having a specific length 8, thus it prints “computer”.

Major function we have used:

len() function – len() function is an inbuilt function of Python.

Return type of len() function – It returns an integer value, which is the length of a string.

Parameter of len() function – We can pass string value as a parameter to get the length of the string.

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