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+Program-3
+
+Write a program in java to count the number of consonants and vowels in a string.
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+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+class Prg{
+	public static void main(String args[])
+	{
+		Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
+		String s=sc.next();
+		int v=0;
+		for(int i=0;i<s.length();i++)
+		{
+			if(s.charAt(i)=='a'||s.charAt(i)=='e'||s.charAt(i)=='i'||s.charAt(i)=='o'||s.charAt(i)=='u'||s.charAt(i)=='A'||s.charAt(i)=='E'||s.charAt(i)=='I'||s.charAt(i)=='O'||s.charAt(i)=='U')
+			v++;	
+		}
+		System.out.println("Number of vowels "+v);
+		System.out.println("Number of consonants "+(s.length()-v));
+	}
+}
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