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

Some code as close as possible to your original:

def main():
    full_name = input("Please enter in a full name: ").split()
    total = 0
    for x in full_name:
        total += len(x)
    print(total)

However, I think len(full_name) - full_name.count(' ') is better.