Letter Counter

# looping_counting.py

def count_letters(word,letter):
    count = 0
    if letter not in word:
        print("That letter is not in the word in question.")
        raw_input("Press the Enter key to quit the program.")
    else:
        for char in word:
            if char == letter:
                count += 1
                times = count
                print("The letter %s, is in the word %s, %d time(s).") % (letter,
            word, times)

def main():
    word = raw_input("Enter a word. ")
    letter = raw_input("Which letter did you want to see how many times it is"\
    +" present in the word? ")
    count_letters(word,letter)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()