''' Purpose: Implement module lwv
'''



def less( w ) :
    ''' Returns the value indicated by the lwv test problem
    '''

    pass



''' *** YOU SHOULD NOT MODIFY THE BELOW CODE ***  '''

if ( __name__ == '__main__' ) :
    w1, w2, w3, w4, w5 = 'oxen', 'urchin', 'mink', 'rabbit', 'lynx'
    ws = [ w1, w2, w3, w4, w5 ]
    for w in ws :
        try :
            r = less( w )
            print( 'less(', w, ') =', r )
        except Exception as e :
            print( e )
        print()