Multiple Swipes in one frame in Leap Python

[avpai]

Hi,
I am really new to Leap Motion SDK and I have just been using python for a little over a year. I have the following code:

   def leap_gestures(self,frame):
      # Get gestures            
        for gesture in frame.gestures():                   
           if gesture.type == Leap.Gesture.TYPE_CIRCLE and Leap.Gesture.STATE_STOP:
             circle = CircleGesture(gesture)                
            # Determine clock direction using the angle between the pointable and the circle normal
             if circle.pointable.direction.angle_to(circle.normal) <= Leap.PI/2 and circle.progress >0.8 :
                clockwiseness = "clockwise"
                print("%s" %clockwiseness)
             elif circle.pointable.direction.angle_to(circle.normal) > Leap.PI/2 and circle.progress>0.8 :
                clockwiseness = "counterclockwise"
                print("%s" %clockwiseness) 
             

           if gesture.type == Leap.Gesture.TYPE_SWIPE and Leap.Gesture.STATE_START:
                swipe = SwipeGesture(gesture)         
                if (swipe.direction.x >0 and math.fabs(swipe.direction.x)> math.fabs(swipe.direction.z)):
                        print("right swipe %d" %gesture.id)                            
                elif (swipe.direction.x <0 and math.fabs(swipe.direction.x)>math.fabs(swipe.direction.z)):
                        print("left swipe")

             #Since the camera will be facing the user, the up and down motion will be characterized by the z co-ordinte
                elif (swipe.direction.z<0 and math.fabs(swipe.direction.z)> math.fabs(swipe.direction.x)):
                        print("up swipe")
                elif (swipe.direction.z>0 and math.fabs(swipe.direction.z)>math.fabs(swipe.direction.x)):
                        print("down swipe") 
                        

           if gesture.type == Leap.Gesture.TYPE_KEY_TAP and Leap.Gesture.STATE_STOP:                                     
                keytap = KeyTapGesture(gesture)
                print("Key Tap")

           if gesture.type == Leap.Gesture.TYPE_SCREEN_TAP and Leap.Gesture.STATE_STOP and detect==0:
                detect=1                    
                screentap = ScreenTapGesture(gesture)
                print("Screen Tap")

           if  (frame.hands.is_empty and frame.gestures().is_empty):
                 print("")

The idea is to have this function identify what all gestures the user is doing. I do get the program to identify the direction of the swipe. But I am detecting multiple swipe in one gesture. I have gone through the forum and found similar questions but none of them seemed clear to me. Probably because I am really new in this. Also, I tried to get the pointables working but somehow that object is not recognized (I get an error when I trying printing swipe.pointable).
Could anyone help me out or point me in the right direction? I really appreciate some help

[AlexColgan]

I'm not an engineer, but I can tell you that swipe is per-pointable -- this means you're detecting multiple swipes because each finger is registering its own swipe. You can resolve this by ignoring any subsequent swipes after the first swipe within a set time window.

[avpai]

Thanks for the reply. For the above code will :

for i in swipe.pointables:
print(i)

give us the number of pointables recognized?