""" Exercise 1.9 - Count Vowels """ # Copyright (c) 2021. Pascal Syma. All rights reserved. def count_vowels(string: str) -> int: """ Count the amount of vowels (a, e, i, o ,u) in a string. :param string: Input string :return: Amount of vowels """ vowels = 'aeiou' count = 0 for char in string: if char in vowels: count += 1 return count if __name__ == '__main__': print(f'{count_vowels("elephant") = }') print(f'{count_vowels("apple") = }')