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Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:28:41 +0000
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On 04/02/2014 19:21, Dave Angel wrote:
>   Ayushi Dalmia <ayushidalmia2604@gmail.com> Wrote in message:
>
>>
>> Where am I going wrong? What are the alternatives I can try?
>
> You've rejected all the alternatives so far without showing your
>   code, or even properly specifying your problem.
>
> To get the "total" size of a list of strings,  try (untested):
>
> a = sys.getsizeof (mylist )
> for item in mylist:
>      a += sys.getsizeof (item)

The documentation for sys.getsizeof:

   http://docs.python.org/dev/library/sys#sys.getsizeof

warns about the limitations of this function when applied to a 
container, and even points to a recipe by Raymond Hettinger which 
attempts to do a more complete job.

TJG