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1. Print First Character2. Print Last Character3. Print Each Character4. Count Uppercase Characters5. Count Lowercase Characters6. Count Digits in String7. Count Special Characters8. Toggle Case9. Remove Vowels10. Remove Consonants

Count Special Characters

Count special characters in string.

IntermediatePhase 5 - Category 2: Character OperationsExample 7 of 10
count-special-characters.py
1# Take string input
2s = input("Enter a string: ")
3

4# Count special characters
5count = 0
6for char in s:
7    if not char.isalnum() and not char.isspace():
8        count += 1
9

10print(f"Special characters: {count}")

Output

Enter a string: Hello@World!
Special characters: 2

What's going on

Count characters that are not alphanumeric or space.

Key Concepts:

isalnum() checks alphanumeric
isspace() checks space
Count if neither

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