Write a function that counts the characters in a string the user inputs. Then write a routine that calls the function and displays the following output. $ ./count_letters.py Enter some words: The rain in Spain The string "The rain in Spain" has 17 characters in it.

What will be an ideal response?


$ cat count_letters.py #!/usr/bin/python def countEm(my_string):
count = 0 for s in my_string:
count += 1 return count
stg = raw_input('Enter some words: ') print 'The string \"' + stg + '\"' + ' has ', print countEm(stg), print 'characters in it.'

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