#  Months.py  Copyright (c) Kari Laitinen

#  http://www.naturalprogramming.com

#  2006-05-24  File created.
#  2022-12-16  Converted to Python 3.

#  This program demonstrates how to use a list of strings.


names_of_months  =  \
   [ "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
     "July", "August", "September", "October", "November",
     "December" ]

print( "\n The first month of year is %s."  %  names_of_months[ 0 ], end="" )

print(  "\n\n The seventh month, %s, is named after Julius Caesar."  %  \
       names_of_months[ 6 ] )

print( "\n Our calendar has %d months."  %  len( names_of_months ) )

for  month_index  in  range( 4 ) :

   number_of_letters_in_month_name  =  \
                       len( names_of_months[ month_index ] )

   print( "\n %s is made of %d letters: "  %  \
         ( names_of_months[ month_index ], number_of_letters_in_month_name ), end="" )

   for  letter_index  in  range( number_of_letters_in_month_name ) :

      print(  names_of_months[ month_index ][ letter_index ], end=" " )

print( "\n" )




#   The following list can be used in an exercise related
#   to Months.py:

history_of_months =  \
 [ "month of Roman god Janus",      # January
   "last month in Roman calendar",  # February
   "month of Roman war god Mars",   # March
   "month of Roman goddess Venus",  # April
   "month of goddess Maia",         # May
   "month of Roman goddess Juno",   # June
   "month of Julius Caesar",        # July
   "month of Emperor Augustus",     # August
   "7th Roman month",               # September
   "8th Roman month",               # October
   "9th Roman month",               # November
   "10th Roman month"   ]          # December