''' Purpose: examine a list of words
'''

# get text from user
reply = input( 'Enter text: ' )

print()

# split text into words
words = reply.split()
 
# let's see what we got
print( 'Supplied text =', reply )
print( 'words =', words )

print()

# determine number of words

n = len( words )    # number of words in words

# determine total word length

sum_of_word_lengths = 0 # total accumulator variables start off at 0

for w in words :
    # get current word's length
    print( "w:", w )
    length_of_current_word = len( w )
    print( "length_of_current_word:", length_of_current_word )

    # add length to the accummulation
    sum_of_word_lengths = sum_of_word_lengths +  length_of_current_word
    print( "sum of word lengths:",  sum_of_word_lengths )
    print()

# determine average

average_word_length = sum_of_word_lengths / n

print( 'Average word length:', average_word_length )