course_1_assessment_7

course_1_assessment_7.py

#rainfall_mi is a string that contains the average number of inches of rainfall in Michigan for every month (in inches) 
#with every month separated by a comma. 
#Write code to compute the number of months that have more than 3 inches of rainfall.
#Store the result in the variable num_rainy_months. In other words, count the number of items with values > 3.0

rainfall_mi = "1.65, 1.46, 2.05, 3.03, 3.35, 3.46, 2.83, 3.23, 3.5, 2.52, 2.8, 1.85"
file = rainfall_mi.split(",")
print(file)
num_rainy_months = 0
for x in file:
    if float(x)>3:
        num_rainy_months = num_rainy_months +1 
print(num_rainy_months)

#The variable sentence stores a string. 
#Write code to determine how many words in sentence start and end with the same letter, including one-letter words. 
#Store the result in the variable same_letter_count.

sentence = "students flock to the arb for a variety of outdoor activities such as jogging and picnicking"
new = sentence.split()
print(new)
same_letter_count = 0
for x in new:
    if x[0] == x[-1]:
            same_letter_count +=1
print(same_letter_count)


#Write code to count the number of strings in list items that have the character w in it. 
#Assign that number to the variable acc_num

items = ["whirring", "wow!", "calendar", "wry", "glass", "", "llama","tumultuous","owing"]
acc_num = 0
for x in items:
    if "w" in x:
        acc_num =acc_num +1
print(acc_num)

#Write code that counts the number of words in sentence that contain either an “a” or an “e”. 
#Store the result in the variable num_a_or_e.
#Note : be sure to not double-count words that contain both an a and an e

sentence = "python is a high level general purpose programming language that can be applied to many different classes of problems."
new = sentence.split()
print(new)
num_a_or_e = 0
for x in new:
    if 'e' in x:
        num_a_or_e = num_a_or_e + 1
    elif 'a' in x:
        num_a_or_e = num_a_or_e + 1
print(num_a_or_e)

#Write code that will count the number of vowels in the sentence s and assign the result to the variable num_vowels. 
#For this problem, vowels are only a, e, i, o, and u. 

s = "singing in the rain and playing in the rain are two entirely different situations but both can be fun"
vowels = ['a','e','i','o','u']
num_vowels = 0
for x in s:
    if x in vowels:
        num_vowels = num_vowels+1
print(num_vowels)