Regarding average word length

Question

The challenge of writing code in esponse to calculating "Average word length" seems erroneous to me. The 2nd test in which there are 7 words and in total 31 letters must display 4 instead of 5. And when i ceil the answer other test cases becomes wrong. Please provide guidance. Will be appreciated. I am using python.

Answer 1

Read the text again and you'll find:
"Round UP to the nearest whole number."

Instead of using the round fumction you should use the ceil function don't forget to import it from math module first:
from math import ceil

Answer 2

Thanks Kevin Star
Ceil function worked for me.
Thanks 💞𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐲𝐚💞 Isaac Duah [Active!] for valuable insights. I appreciate you all for guidance

Answer 3

Check this out

from math import ceil
import re

def average(text) :
reg = re.compile(r'\w+')
words = reg.findall(text)
phrlen = sum(list(map(lambda x: len(x), words)))
avg = phrlen / len(words)
return ceil(avg)

tx = input()
avg = average(tx)
print (avg)

Answer 4

import re

essay = input()

word_list = essay.split()

words = len(word_list)
pat = r"\b\w+\b"

tmp = re.findall(pat,essay)
tmp = "".join(tmp)
print(round(len(tmp)/words))

#print (str(len (tmp))+","+str(words ))

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