Question

n this task, you'll be asked to create a simple for-loop to loop over a simple data construct, in this case, to provide the maximum, minimum, and average length of words in a speech performing a lexicographical analysis not unlike what's used to measure reading level.

Specifications

1. Keep working on the same notebook
2. Create a function named lexicographics() that takes one parameter:
   1. to_analyze, a required string
3. Using a single for loop, calculate the following for your text:
   1. The maximum number of words per line in to_analyze (eg, the length of the longest line in to_analyze)
   2. The minimum number of words per line in to_analyze (eg, the length of the shortest line in to_analyze)
   3. The average number of words per line in to_analyze, stored as a decimal.
4. Return these values as a tuple, in the order in which they are defined above.

Answer 1

Python Code :

# Method to count the maximum, minimum and average number of
# word from the given string to_analyze
def  lexicographics(to_analyze):
    # variable
    max_words = 0
    min_words = 10000000
    sum = 0

    # iterate over each line and count number of words
    # if words are greater than max_words, change max_words
    # if words are less than min_words, change min_words
    # add number of words into sum
    lines = 0
    for i in to_analyze.strip().split('\n'):
        words = len(i.split())
        if words > max_words:
            max_words = words
        
        if words < min_words:
            min_words = words
        
        sum += words
        lines += 1

    # Calculate the average number of words
    avg_words = sum/lines

    # return tuple of max_words, min_words and avg_words
    return (max_words, min_words, avg_words)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    to_analyze = "I am writing this\nto just check the working of my program." \
                 "\nI love coding." \
                 "\nHope you like it." \
                 "\nPlease upvote the answer."
    ans = lexicographics(to_analyze)

    print(f"The maximum number of words per line: {ans[0]} \n"
          f"The minimum number of words per line: {ans[1]} \n"
          f"The average number of words per line: {ans[2]}")

Output :

The maximum number of words per line: 8
The minimum number of words per line: 3
The average number of words per line: 4.6

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