'''
Purpose: gain experience with if-elif-else
'''

# report message based on day of week
#       Sunday: weekend day
#       Monday: start of school week
#      Tuesday: school day
#    Wednesday: school day
#     Thursday: school day
#       Friday: end of school week
#     Saturday: weekend day

# get day of interest
reply = input( 'Enter day of week: ' )

# put day in standard format - first letter capitalized, others lower case
day = reply.strip()
day = day.capitalize() # capitalize makes every letter lowercase except
                        # the first letter

# day = reply.strip().capitalize()   # alternatively could also be written as

print( )

# analyze and report on day

# How can I use if, elif, and else statements to get the right thing to print?
# if ( test expression ): # if this test expression is true then we do
#     do this               # what's indented
'''
if ( day == 'Sunday' ):
    print( 'weekend day' ) # response = 'weekend day' /
                           # just print response at end
elif ( day == 'Monday' ):
    print('start of school week')
elif( day == 'Tuesday' ):
    print( 'school day' )
elif( day == 'Wednesday' ):
    print( 'school day' )
elif( day == 'Thursday' ):
    print( 'school day' )
elif( day == 'Friday' ):
    print( 'end of school week' )
elif (day == 'Saturday' ):
    print( 'weekend day' )
else: # Any other input jumps into this else statement
    print( 'Did not supply name of day of week' )
'''
'''
if ( (day == 'Saturday') or (day == 'Sunday') ): # day == 'Saturday' or 'Sunday'
                                            # won't work because 'Sunday'
                                            # is always True 
    response = 'weekend day' 
elif ( day == 'Tuesday' or day == 'Wednesday' or day == 'Thursday' ):
    response = 'school day' 
elif ( day == 'Monday' ):
    response = 'start of school week' 
elif( day == 'Friday' ):
    response = 'end of school week' 
else:
    response ='Not a day' 
print( response )
'''

if ( day in ['Saturday','Sunday'] ): # if day is an element of the list
    print( 'weekend day' )
elif ( day in ['Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday'] ):
    print( 'school day' )
elif ( day == 'Monday' ): # if the day string is equivalent to the string 'Monday'
    print('start of school week' )
elif( day == 'Friday' ):
    print( 'end of school week' )
else:
    pass # do nothing

# Having an else statement is not mandatory.
# Having an else is useful if you just want to test for like any other
# possibility like if (possibility), elif (possibility), else: do this if
# it didn't meet the other possibilities (otherwise do this)\