Python: How much memory does attribute takes? [duplicate]

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is there a function in Python which can find out how much memory takes a certain attribute or a variable?

EXAMPLE:

a='ThisTakesSeveralBitesOfMemory'
print(a.memoryTaken())

>> 20 b

Answer 1

You can use sys.getsizeof(). It returns in bytes.

>>> a='ThisTakesSeveralBitesOfMemory'
>>> sys.getsizeof(a)
50