Add algorithm to count vowels and consonants in a string

strings/count_vowels_consonants.py

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+def count_vowels_and_consonants(text: str) -> tuple[int, int]:
+ """
+ Count the number of vowels and consonants in a given string.
+
+ This function ignores non-alphabetic characters.
+
+ Args:
+ text (str): Input string.
+
+ Returns:
+ tuple[int, int]: A tuple containing (vowel_count,
+ consonant_count).
+ Examples:
+ >>> count_vowels_and_consonants("Hello World")
+ (3, 7)
+ >>> count_vowels_and_consonants("AEIOU")
+ (5, 0)
+ >>> count_vowels_and_consonants("bcdf")
+ (0, 4)
+ >>> count_vowels_and_consonants("")
+ (0, 0)
+ """
+ vowels = set("aeiouAEIOU")
+ vowel_count = 0
+ consonant_count = 0
+
+ for char in text:
+ if char.isalpha():
+ if char in vowels:
+ vowel_count += 1
+ else:
+ consonant_count += 1
+
+ return vowel_count, consonant_count