Python Practice › Dictionary Programs › Program 17
Memory size of a dictionary
Write a Python program to get the memory size of a dictionary with sys.getsizeof, and its number of items.
Input
{"name": "virat", "sport": "cricket"}Output
2 items True | bytes on this Python: 184
Approach
sys.getsizeofgives the size of the dict object itself,lenthe item count.
Solution
import sys d = {"name": "virat", "sport": "cricket"}print(len(d), "items")print(sys.getsizeof(d) > 0, "| bytes on this Python:", sys.getsizeof(d))Output
2 items True | bytes on this Python: 184
Note
The byte count depends on the Python version and platform, and it does not include the keys and values themselves.
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