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1. Length of String2. Reverse String3. Convert to Uppercase4. Convert to Lowercase5. Count Vowels6. Count Consonants7. Count Words8. Check Palindrome String9. Remove All Spaces10. Count Each Character

Count Consonants

Count number of consonants in string.

BeginnerPhase 5 - Category 1: Basic String HandlingExample 6 of 10
count-consonants.py
1# Take string input
2s = input("Enter a string: ")
3

4# Count consonants
5vowels = "aeiouAEIOU"
6count = 0
7for char in s:
8    if char.isalpha() and char not in vowels:
9        count += 1
10

11print(f"Number of consonants: {count}")

Output

Enter a string: Hello
Number of consonants: 3

What's going on

Count alphabets that are not vowels.

Key Concepts:

Check if character is alphabet
Check if not a vowel
Count consonants

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