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Python Polymorphism

Polymorphism in programming refers to methods or functions that can operate on different objects or classes with the same name. In Python, the len() function is an example of function polymorphism, as it can return the length of strings, tuples, and dictionaries. Each of these data types uses len() to provide the number of characters, items, or key/value pairs, respectively.

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Python Polymorphism

Polymorphism in programming refers to methods or functions that can operate on different objects or classes with the same name. In Python, the len() function is an example of function polymorphism, as it can return the length of strings, tuples, and dictionaries. Each of these data types uses len() to provide the number of characters, items, or key/value pairs, respectively.

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Python Polymorphism

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The word "polymorphism" means "many forms", and in programming it


refers to methods/functions/operators with the same name that can be
executed on many objects or classes.

Function Polymorphism
An example of a Python function that can be used on different objects is
the len() function.

String
For strings len() returns the number of characters:

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x = "Hello World!"

print(len(x))

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Tuple
For tuples len() returns the number of items in the tuple:

Example
mytuple = ("apple", "banana", "cherry")

print(len(mytuple))

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Dictionary
For dictionaries len() returns the number of key/value pairs in the dictionary:

Example
thisdict = {
"brand": "Ford",
"model": "Mustang",
"year": 1964
}

print(len(thisdict))

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