L17Q3_ConvertingSeconds.py

# Write a procedure, convert_seconds, which takes as input a non-negative
# number of seconds and returns a string of the form
# '<integer> hours, <integer> minutes, <number> seconds' but
# where if <integer> is 1 for the number of hours or minutes,
# then it should be hour/minute. Further, <number> may be an integer
# or decimal, and if it is 1, then it should be followed by second.
# You might need to use int() to turn a decimal into a float depending
# on how you code this. int(3.0) gives 3
#
# Note that English uses the plural when talking about 0 items, so
# it should be "0 minutes".
#

def convert_seconds(total):
    hours = int(total/3600)
    minutes = int((total/60)%60)
    seconds = total%60

    if hours == 1:
        hourphrase = 'hour'
    else:
        hourphrase = 'hours'
    if minutes == 1:
        minutephrase = 'minute'
    else:
        minutephrase = 'minutes'
    if type(seconds) == float:
        seconds = round(seconds, 1)
    if seconds == 1:
        secondphrase = 'second'
    else:
        secondphrase = 'seconds'

    return str(hours) + " "+ hourphrase + ", " + str(minutes) + " "+ minutephrase + ", " + str(seconds) + " "+ secondphrase
'''
print convert_seconds(3599)
#0 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds

print convert_seconds(3661)
#>>> 1 hour, 1 minute, 1 second

print convert_seconds(7325)
#>>> 2 hours, 2 minutes, 5 seconds

print convert_seconds(7261.7)
#>>> 2 hours, 1 minute, 1.7 seconds

print convert_seconds(7188)
#1 hour, 59 minutes, 48 seconds
'''