# get_num_tokens_anthropic

> **Function** in `langchain_aws`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-aws/utils/get_num_tokens_anthropic)

Get the number of tokens in a string of text.

## Signature

```python
get_num_tokens_anthropic(
    text: str,
) -> int
```

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-aws/blob/07f60ceba189a48fab5942573cf81e569a7bbf19/libs/aws/langchain_aws/utils.py#L118)