StringSplitter

# StringSplitter.py
# Author:           Alex Paarfus <rapaarfus139@gmail.com>
# Date:             2018-08-14
#
# Requirements:
#   Prompt user for a string input
#       Assume:
#           Delimiter: <space>
#           Multiple words/phrases
#   Display the total number of characters (before loop)
#   Display the total number of words (after loop)
#   Per-word Stats:
#       Word itself
#       Length of Word
#       NOTE: should probably not include punctuation
#   Must use While loop
#   Cannot use ".split()"
#
# Notes:
#   I know, its a little OTT for the assignment
#   I'm sure its inefficient
#   Too bad, so sad.

# Get user input
strInput = input("Enter several words seperated by spaces: ")

# Check for any input at all
if not strInput:
    print("Error: No input.")
# Check to see if only a number was entered
elif strInput.isnumeric():
    print("Error: Numbers only.")
else:
    # Declare some vars to be used in our loop
    i = 0
    leftpos = 0
    wordCount = 0
    strTmp = ""
    # Display the total number of characters in strInput
    print("The length of the input string is: " + str(len(strInput)))
    while (i < len(strInput)):
        # if character is a letter
        if (strInput[i].isalpha()):
            # Add the letter to strTmp
            strTmp += strInput[i]
        # If character is a hyphen && i is larger than 0
        elif ((strInput[i] == "-") and (i > 0)):
            # And if (i-1) and (i+1) are both letters
            if ((strInput[i - 1].isalpha()) and (strInput[i + 1].isalpha())):
                # Add the hypen to strTmp
                strTmp += strInput[i]
        # If end of word
        else:
            # if strTmp contains at least one character
            if len(strTmp) > 0:
                # print word stats
                # Print the actual word
                print("Word:          " + strTmp)
                # Print the Starting position
                print("Word LeftPos:  " + str(leftpos))
                # Print the Ending position
                print("Word RightPos: " + str(i))
                # Print the Length of the word
                print("Word Length:   " + str(len(strTmp)))
                # Print a blank line (seperator)
                print("")
                leftpos = i + 1
                wordCount += 1
                strTmp = ""
        i += 1
        # End of the sentence handler
        if (i >= len(strInput)):
            if len(strTmp) > 0:
                # print word stats
                # Print the actual word
                print("Word:          " + strTmp)
                # Print the Starting position
                print("Word LeftPos:  " + str(leftpos))
                # Print the Ending position
                print("Word RightPos: " + str(i))
                # Print the Length of the word
                print("Word Length:   " + str(len(strTmp)))
                # Print a blank line (seperator)
                print("")
                leftpos = i + 1
                wordCount += 1
                strTmp = ""
            break
    print("Found " + str(wordCount) + " words.")