help in python

[Sarah2012]

def get_score(word):
    '''(str) -> int

    Return the point value the word earns.

    Word length: < 3: 0 points
                 6-9: 1 point per character in word
                 7-11: 2 points per character in word
                 10+: 3 points per character in word

    >>> word_score('DRUDGERY')
    16
    '''

    I have this homework I want some help ,to guide me from where should I begin 
    this my attempt
    s=0
    if len(word) in range (6,10)------for  the second condition
    for i in range (len(word)):
    s=s+i
    but it didnot work correctly any help  please

[Schol-R-LEA]

In the future, please let give more information about how the program is failing, otherwise we won't have enough to go by.

As it happens, the answer is quite simple: the function doesn't return a value. Try adding return s at the end of the function and it should work correctly.

def <font style='color:black; background-color:Lime;'>word_score</font>(word):
    '''(<font style='color:black; background-color:Lime;'>str</font>) -> int

    Return the point value the word earns.

    Word length: < 3: 0 points
                 6-9: 1 point per character in word
                 7-11: 2 points per character in word
                 10+: 3 points per character in word

    >>> <font style='color:black; background-color:Lime;'>word_score</font>('DRUDGERY')
    16
    '''
    <font style='color:black; background-color:Lime;'>s=</font>0
    if <font style='color:black; background-color:Lime;'>len</font>(word) in range (6,10):
        for i in range (<font style='color:black; background-color:Lime;'>len</font>(word)):
            s += i
    return s

if <font style='color:black; background-color:Lime;'>__name__</font> == "<font style='color:black; background-color:Lime;'>__main__</font>":
    print(<font style='color:black; background-color:Lime;'>word_score</font>('DRUDGERY'))

I ran this and got a score of 28 for the word DRUDGERY. I know it isn't the correct score, but it should at least get you started.

BTW, the score ranges as given don't make much sense; I suspect that they should be

    Word length: < 3: 0 points
                 3-6: 1 point per character in word
                 7-10: 2 points per character in word
                 11+: 3 points per character in word

Otherwise, you have overlapping score ranges, which would be problematic - not to mention a gap between 3 and 6.

[M.S.]

define get_score(with a string argument):
    length = len(string)
    score = 0
    if length < 3:
        score = 0
    elif score > 6:
        score = length multiplied by 1
    elif other condition:
        apply other rules to score
    ...
    return score

[M.S.]

Erratum :)

line 6: elif length > 6:

[HiHe]

Like Schol-R-LEA (Joseph Osako) pointed out the rukes have to be

'''
Let's assume the rules are as follows
Word length: < 3: 0 points
             3-6: 1 point per character in word
             7-10: 2 points per character in word
             11+: 3 points per character in word
'''

for you to get the correct score.
The code boils down to a series of
if
elif
else
statements