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Strings & Text easy

Count vowels

Count the number of vowels (a, e, i, o, u) in a string (case-insensitive).

strings counting

Strings & Text easy

Count words in a sentence

Implement a function to count words in a sentence, ignoring extra whitespace and handling empty strings.

strings split counting

Strings & Text easy

Count consonants

Write a function that counts the number of consonant letters in a string.

strings counting loops

Strings & Text easy

Count Syllables (Simple)

Count syllables in a word by counting groups of consecutive vowels (a, e, i, o, u).

strings vowels counting

Strings & Text easy

Count Substrings

Implement a function that counts non-overlapping occurrences of a substring in a given string.

strings counting substrings

Strings & Text easy

Most Common Character

Return the character that appears most frequently in a string, breaking ties by earliest occurrence.

strings counting dictionary

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Strings & Text — Python coding challenges

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