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## Overview
The **`length()` function** in R gets the length of a list object.
In simpler terms, it finds the number of items in a list.
## Syntax



## Parameter value
The `length()` function takes a list object as its single parameter value.

## Return value
The `length()` function returns the list object's length passed to it.

## Code example
In the code below, we use the `length()` function to determine a list's length:




# creating a list
mylist <- list(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

# using the length function 
length(mylist)


## Code explanation
We use the `length()` function in the code above to determine the number of items in the list variable `my_variable`. This returns `5`.


How to use the length() function to get the length of a list in R

length() in R returns the number of items in a list by accepting the list object as its parameter.