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Write a function vowelIndex that accepts a word (a str) as an argument and returns the index of the first vowel in the word. If there is no vowel, -1 is returned. For this problem, both upper and lower case vowels count, and 'y' is not considered to be a vowel. Sample usage:

Write a function vowelIndex that accepts a word (a str) as an argument and returns the index of the first vowel in the word. If there is no vowel, -1 is returned. For this problem, both upper and lower case vowels count, and 'y' is not considered to be a vowel. Sample usage:

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Programming Problems vowelIndex Write a function vowelIndex that accepts a word (a str)as an argument and returns the index of the first vowel in the word. If there is no vowel, -1 is returned. For this problem, both upper and lower case vowels count, and 'y' is not considered to be a vowel. Sample usage: >>> vowelIndex ('hello') >>> vowelIndex ('string') 3 >>> vowelIndex ('strIng') 3. >>> vowelIndex ('BUY') 1 >>> vowelIndex('APPLE') 0. >>> vowelIndex ('nymphly') -1 >>> vowelIndex ('string')==3 True >>> vowelIndex ('nymphly')==-1 True
Transcribed Image Text:Programming Problems vowelIndex Write a function vowelIndex that accepts a word (a str)as an argument and returns the index of the first vowel in the word. If there is no vowel, -1 is returned. For this problem, both upper and lower case vowels count, and 'y' is not considered to be a vowel. Sample usage: >>> vowelIndex ('hello') >>> vowelIndex ('string') 3 >>> vowelIndex ('strIng') 3. >>> vowelIndex ('BUY') 1 >>> vowelIndex('APPLE') 0. >>> vowelIndex ('nymphly') -1 >>> vowelIndex ('string')==3 True >>> vowelIndex ('nymphly')==-1 True
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algorithm
  1. Start 
  2. def vowelIndex function takes str as an argument
  3. convert str in lowercase
  4. for i in range(len(str)):
            if str[i] in "aeiou":
                return i
        return "-1"
  5. print it
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