LAB: Count input length without spaces, periods, or commas

Given a line of text as input, output the number of characters excluding spaces, periods, or commas. You may assume that the input string will not exceed 50 characters.

Ex: If the input is:

Listen, Mr. Jones, calm down.

the output is:

21

Note: Account for all characters that aren't spaces, periods, or commas (Ex: "r", "2", "!").

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Jamison Steele

8 January, 14:52

LAB: Count input length without spaces, periods, or commas

Given a line of text as input, output the number of characters excluding spaces, periods, or commas. You may assume that the input string will not exceed 50 characters.

Ex: If the input is:

Listen, Mr. Jones, calm down.

the output is:

21

Note: Account for all characters that aren't spaces, periods, or commas (Ex: "r", "2", "!").

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Jeremy Vance · Answer 1

import re

str1 = input ("Enter the sentence less than 50 characters: ")

pattern = '[a-zA-Z]'

count=0

i=0

while (i<=len (str1) - 1):

result = re. match (pattern, str1)

if (result):

count+=1

else:

continue

i+=1

print ("String Length:", count)

Explanation:

I have used here the re library that is meant for the regular expressions in Python.