Assessment_3

# 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"
rainfall_mi1 = rainfall_mi.split(",")
num_rainy_month = 0
for x in rainfall_mi1:
    x = float(x)
    if x > 3.0:
        num_rainy_month += 1

print(num_rainy_month)

# 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.

same_letter_count = sum(w[0] == w[-1] for w in sentence.split())
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.
# HINT 1: Use the accumulation pattern!
# HINT 2: the in operator checks whether a substring is present in a string.

acc_num = 0
for i in items:
    if 'w' in i:
        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 1: be sure to not double-count words that contain both an a and an e.
# HINT 1: Use the in operator.
# HINT 2: You can either use or or elif.

num_a_or_e = 0
for i in sentence.split():
    if ('a' in i) or ('e' in i):
        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. Hint: use the in operator with vowels.

num_vowels=0
for i in s:
    if i in vowels:
        num_vowels += 1
print(num_vowels)