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Count Vowels in Python Strings

The document explains what a string is and provides an assignment to write a function that counts vowels in a sentence. It includes a Python code solution for the function 'count_vowels' and a step-by-step explanation of how the function works. An example run demonstrates the function's output for a sample input sentence.

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Count Vowels in Python Strings

The document explains what a string is and provides an assignment to write a function that counts vowels in a sentence. It includes a Python code solution for the function 'count_vowels' and a step-by-step explanation of how the function works. An example run demonstrates the function's output for a sample input sentence.

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String Assignment Explanation

1. What is a string?
A string is a sequence of characters enclosed in quotes (single, double, or triple quotes).
Example:
text = "Hello, World!"
Strings can contain letters, numbers, and symbols, and can be looped through, modified, or
checked for specific letters.

2. Assignment:
Write a function count_vowels(text) that counts and returns the number of vowels in a given
sentence.

3. Solution (Python Code):

def count_vowels(text):
vowels = "aeiouAEIOU" # All vowels (lowercase and uppercase)
count = 0 # Initialize counter
for char in text: # Loop through each character in the string
if char in vowels: # Check if the character is a vowel
count += 1 # Increase the count
return count # Return total number of vowels

sentence = input("Enter a sentence: ")


print("Number of vowels:", count_vowels(sentence))

4. Step-by-Step Explanation:
- Define a string of vowels containing all vowel letters.
- Loop through each character in the sentence.
- If the character is a vowel, increase the count.
- Finally, return the total number of vowels found.

5. Example Run:
Input: Programming is fun
Output: Number of vowels: 5

(Explanation: The vowels are o, a, i, i, u — total = 5)

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