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+Program 56
+
+
+Write a program in C to calculate the number of vowels and consonants in a string.
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+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main() {
+    char ch[100];
+    int i,count;
+    printf("Enter the string \n");
+    fgets(ch,100,stdin);
+    for(i=0;ch[i]!='\0';i++)
+    {
+        if(ch[i]=='a'||ch[i]=='e'||ch[i]=='i'||ch[i]=='o'||ch[i]=='u'||ch[i]=='A'||ch[i]=='E'||ch[i]=='I'||ch[i]=='O'||ch[i]=='U')
+        count++;
+    }
+    printf("Number of vowels are %d \n",count);
+    printf("Number of consonants are %d",(i-count));
+}