How do I read the number of files in a folder using Python?

Question

How do I read the number of files in a specific folder using Python? Example code would be awesome!

Answer 1

total = len(filter(
            lambda f: os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path_to_dir, f)),
            os.listdir(path_to_dir)))

OR

total = sum([True for f in os.listdir(path_to_dir) if os.path.isfile(os.path.join([path_to_dir, f)])