Scores a given piece of text based on the Flesch Kincaid Reading Test.

FleschKincaid.py

def syllables(s):# int(string)
    v = ["a","e","i","o","u","y"]
    c = 0
    for k in s.lower():
        if(k in v and not b):
            c+=1
            b = True
        else:
            b = False
    return(c)

def fkrt(s):# float(string) # Flesch-Kincaid Reading Test
    s.replace("\n","")
    s.replace("\t","")
    s = s.split(".")
    sents = float(len(s))
    words = float(sum([len(k.split(" ")) for k in s]))
    syls = float(sum([syllables(k) for k in s]))
    return(206.835-1.015*(words/sents)-84.6*(syls/words))

print(fkrt("this little pig went to market.")) # 106
# 90.0–100.0 	easily understood by an average 11-year-old student
# 60.0–70.0 	easily understood by 13- to 15-year-old students
# 0.0–30.0 	best understood by university graduates