count total in a list python by split

Question

I like to know how to use split function to count a total from list.

For example,

workdays = {'work': '5,6,8,10,13,14,15,18,20,22,24,25,28,30'}

Output should be like this

I have worked 14 days.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/743806/how-to-split-a-string-into-a-list — offeltoffel, May 28 '18 at 12:41
look at link and then use a `len()` to get the number of items — scharette, May 28 '18 at 12:43

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered May 28 '18 at 12:43

Hint: You can access a value in a dictionary by its key:

>>> workdays = {'work':'1,2,3,4'}
>>> workdays['work']
'1,2,3,4'

Second hint: You can split a string using str.split(delimiter) like so:

>>> s = '1,2,3,4'
>>> s.split(',')
['1', '2', '3', '4']

Third hint: len()

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 28 '18 at 12:43

2

Use str.split with len

Ex:

workdays = {'work': '5,6,8,10,13,14,15,18,20,22,24,25,28,30'}
print(len(workdays["work"].split(",")))

Output:

answered May 28 '18 at 12:43

Rakesh

Austin · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-28T12:53:17.120

That's not a list. You are using a dictionary with key and value. Get the value, split on comma and find length using len.

workdays = {'work': '5,6,8,10,13,14,15,18,20,22,24,25,28,30'}

print('I have worked {} days'.format(len(workdays['work'].split(','))))

Also, you could count the number of commas and add 1 to it to get the same result like so:

print('I have worked {} days'.format(workdays['work'].count(',')+1))

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 28 '18 at 12:46

1

I'll do something like this:

len(wd.get('work').split(','))

measure the lenght of a list containing each day

answered May 28 '18 at 12:46

DDS

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