''' Purpose: reinforce loop mechanics
'''

import pause

# get some sequences
color = input( 'Enter your favorite color: ' )

reply =  input( 'Enter some names: ' )
names = reply.split()

numbers = [ 12, 7, -11, -12, 59 ]

print()

print( 'color =', color )
print( 'names =', names )
print( 'numbers =', numbers )

print()

# one-by-one go through the characters in color
# for each character in the string color
for ch in color:
    up_ch = ch.upper()     # ch.upper() --> gets uppercase version of the character ch
    print( up_ch )         # print the uppercase version out

print()

# one-by-one go through the names in names
# for each string name in our list of names
for name in names:
    cap_name = name.capitalize()        # capitalize our name one at a time
    print( cap_name )

print()

# one-by-one go through the numbers in numbers
# for each number in our list numbers
for nbr in numbers:
    comp_nbr = -nbr         # make our number its opposite - negate it == nbr * -1
    print( comp_nbr )

print() ; pause.until_ready() ; print()

# let's build a new string out of the color where the characters are separated
# by blanks
# if we input 'turquoise' --> we want a new version = 't u r q u o i s e '
spaced_out_color = ''     # our string accumulator always starts as the empty string
# for each character in the string color
for ch in color:
    spaced_out_color = spaced_out_color + ch + ' '
    # we concatenate our character to the accumulator
    # and a space after every character
    # '' is just an empty string that has nothing; it is NOT a space

    # ch = 't'
    # spaced_out_color = 't '

    # ch = 'u'
    # spaced_out_color = 't u ' ...

    print( 'spaced_out_color =', '"' + spaced_out_color + '"' )  # indented print statement will print spaced_out_color for
    # every run of the loop

print() ; pause.until_ready() ; print()

# let's build a LIST of the number of characters in each one of the names

name_lengths = []      # our list accumulator always starts with empty list
# for each string name in the list names
for name in names :
    n = len( name )                # get length of the name (not the list names !!!)
    name_lengths.append( n )       # put n to the end of the list name_lengths
    print( name_lengths )

# print( names )


print() ; pause.until_ready() ; print()

# let's find the longest name length
longest_name_length = ...

print( 'longest name length =', longest_name_length )

# let's find the name that occurs first alphabetically
first_alphabetically = ...

print( 'first alphabetically: ', first_alphabetically )