[dywang@deyu zzz]$ cat list4.py
#!/usr/bin/python3
# coding: utf-8
listx = [ 'a', 'b', 'y', 'H', 'Z', 'U' ]
listy = [ ]
print("length of list x =", len(listx))
print("length of list y =", len(listy))
[dywang@deyu zzz]$ ./list4.py length of list x = 6 length of list y = 0