count_chapters

The count_chapters function, given a string containing one or more Scripture references or a NormalizedReference object or a List of NormalizedReference objects, returns the int count of the chapters included in the given reference(s).

Input#

The count_chapters function accepts a single argument of one of the following three types:

string
NormalizedReference
List[NormalizedReference]

Output#

The count_chapters function returns an int greater than or equal to 0 that represents the number of chapters contained in the given reference(s).

Examples#

String Input Example#

Code

import pythonbible as bible

# Genesis - Deuteronomy
bible.count_chapters("Genesis has 50 chapters, but Exodus has 40.")

Result

NormalizedReference Input Example#

Code

import pythonbible as bible

# Matthew - John (i.e. bible.get_references("Matthew - John"))
reference = bible.NormalizedReference(
    book=bible.Book.MATTHEW,
    start_chapter=1,
    start_verse=1,
    end_chapter=21,
    end_verse=25,
    end_book=bible.Book.JOHN
)
bible.count_chapters(reference)

Result

List of NormalizedReferences Input Example#

Code

import pythonbible as bible

# Genesis and Matthew - Acts (ie. bible.get_references("Genesis, Matthew - Acts"))
references = [
    bible.NormalizedReference(
        book=bible.Book.GENESIS,
        start_chapter=1,
        start_verse=1,
        end_chapter=50,
        end_verse=26,
        end_book=None
    ),
    bible.NormalizedReference(
        book=bible.Book.MATTHEW,
        start_chapter=1,
        start_verse=1,
        end_chapter=28,
        end_verse=31,
        end_book=bible.Book.ACTS
    ),
]
bible.count_chapters(references)

Result

167