Vowel_Count.md

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Vowel Count

Return the number (count) of vowels in the given string.

We will consider a, e, i, o, and u as vowels for this Kata.

The input string will only consist of lower case letters and/or spaces.

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Given Code

def getCount(inputStr):
    num_vowels = 0
    # your code here

    return num_vowels

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Solution 1

def getCount(inputStr):
    return sum([inputStr.count(c) for c in "aeiou"])

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Solution 2

def getCount(inputStr):
    num_vowels = 0
    for vow in ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u"]:
        num_vowels += inputStr.count(vow)
    return num_vowels

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