How to know the Size of an Object in Python


If you want to know the size of objects in Python you can make use of the getsizeof() function from the sys module.

Syntax:
sys.getsizeof(object[, default])

Return the size of an object in bytes.

Read more: https://docs.python.org/3/library/sys.html#sys.getsizeof

Examples:
>>> import sys
>>> 
>>> data_list = [10,20,30,40,60,80]
>>> 
>>> sys.getsizeof(data_list)
104
>>> 
>>> city = "New York"
>>> 
>>> sys.getsizeof(city)
57
>>> 
>>> no = 1
>>> 
>>> sys.getsizeof(no)
28
Python Get Size of Objects Examples

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