diff --git a/strlen.py b/strlen.py
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+a="sai"
+b="hello"
+c=",welcome to python 75 hackathon"
+l=a+b+c
+print(a,"=" ,len(a))
+print(b,"=" ,len(b))
+print(c,"=" ,len(c))
+print("total string length =",len(l));