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Count Words Starting with Vowel

Count words starting with vowel.

IntermediatePhase 5 - Category 3: Word OperationsExample 8 of 10
count-words-starting-with-vowel.py
1# Take string input
2s = input("Enter a string: ")
3

4# Count words starting with vowel
5words = s.split()
6vowels = "aeiouAEIOU"
7count = 0
8for word in words:
9    if len(word) > 0 and word[0] in vowels:
10        count += 1
11

12print(f"Words starting with vowel: {count}")

Output

Enter a string: Apple Orange Banana
Words starting with vowel: 2

What's going on

Check first character of each word.

Key Concepts:

Split into words
Check if first character is vowel
Count matches

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