Using len for text but discarding spaces in the count

Question

So, I am trying to create a program which counts the number of characters in a string which the user inputs, but I want to discard any spaces that the user enters.

Answer 1

Count the length and subtract the number of spaces:

>>> full_name = input("Please enter in a full name: ")
Please enter in a full name: john smith
>>> len(full_name) - full_name.count(' ')
9
>>> len(full_name)