title: How to combine 3 tuples together in Python
body: <p>I tried to count the character combine in the list.  In my script, I can count the tuples, but I don't know how I can count the total of characters in my list.</p>
  
  <p>This is the script I have used. </p>
  
  <pre><code>def count(num):
      character = 0
      for i in num:
          character += 1
      return character
  
  count ('1234','1234',1234')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>my answer is 3</p>
  
  <p>I want to show 12.  How can I do that?</p>