count_verses

The count_verses 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 verses included in the given reference(s).

Input

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

• string
• NormalizedReference
• List[NormalizedReference]

Output

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

Examples

String Input Example

Code

import pythonbible as bible
# Matthew 6:9-13bible.count_verses("The Lord's prayer is in Matthew 6:9-13.")

Result

5

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_verses(reference)

Result

3779

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_verses(references)

Result

6319