def average_word_length(tweet):
    """
        Return the average length of the tweet
    :param tweet: raw text tweet
    :return: the float number of character count divided by the word count
    """
    character_count = 0
    word_count = 0
    for c in tweet:
        character_count += 1
    word_count = len(tweet.split())
    return float(character_count)/float(word_count)