From 4c1a4a0330be96b7777afa49e75ebd6111d9d426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Rybarski <jim@rybarski.com>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 01:33:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] resolves #45: implements the __len__ method

---
 nd2reader/__init__.py | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nd2reader/__init__.py b/nd2reader/__init__.py
index ca14b22..befc5ae 100644
--- a/nd2reader/__init__.py
+++ b/nd2reader/__init__.py
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ class Nd2(Nd2Parser):
                           "Z-Levels: %s" % self._z_level_count
                           ])
 
+    def __len__(self):
+        """
+        This should be the total number of images in the ND2, but it may be inaccurate. If the ND2 contains a
+        different number of images in a cycle (i.e. there are "gap" images) it will be higher than reality.
+
+        :rtype: int
+
+        """
+        return self._image_count * self._channel_count
+
     @property
     def height(self):
         """