name = raw_input("What is your name? ") ## Get the number of charactes in name nameLength = len(name) # we can also exclude any space characters! nameLength -= name.count(" ") ## Set the basis of age estimation age = nameLength * 4 ## Count both lowercase and uppercase characters a = name.count("a") + name.count("A") e = name.count("e") + name.count("E") age += a * 5 + e * 5 i = name.count("i") + name.count("I") o = name.count("o") + name.count("O") age -= i * 5 + o * 5 ## Or just like this age = nameLength * 4 + a * 5 + e * 5 - i * 5 - o * 5 print "Estimated age for " + name + ": " + str(age)