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6.10. Exercises

1. Write a program that will print out the length of each item in the list as well as the first and last characters of the item.

           weather = ["sunny", "cloudy", "partially sunny",
              "rainy", "storming", "windy", "foggy",
              "snowy", "hailing"]
   ---
   for condition in weather:
   ---
       print("The word is", len(condition), "characters")
   ---
       first_char = condition[0]
       last_char = condition[-1]
   ---
       print("The first character is: " + first_char)
       print("The last character is: " + last_char)
           

2. Write code to determine how many t’s are in the following sentences.

           phrases = ["My, what a lovely day today is!",
   "Have you mastered cooking yet? A tasty treat could be in your future.",
   "Have you ever seen the leaves change color?"]
   ---
   for sentence in phrases:
   ---
       print(sentence.count("t"))
           

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