Python challenge_8

Counting syllables

level of challenge = 3/10

• Define a function named count that takes a single parameter.
• The parameter is a string.
• The string will contain a single word divided into syllables by hyphens,

• Such as these:
  "ho-tel"
  "cat"
  "met-a-phon"
  "ter-min-a-tor"

• Your function should count the number of syllables and return it.

• For example, the call count("ho-tel") should return 2.

Hint:

The trick is to realize that the number of syllables is the number of times the - symbol appears, plus one.
You'll have to count hyphens, then. Use a loop to iterate over each letter, or use the .count() method.

# My solution

def count(word):
    new_word = word
    count_syllables = new_word.split('-')
    return len(count_syllables)
print(count("ho-tel"))

# Another solution

def count(word):
    syllables = 1
    for letter in word:
        if letter == "-":
            syllables = syllables + 1
    return syllables

# using the count method
def count(word):
    return word.count("-") + 1

# using split
def count(word):
    return len(word.split("-"))

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