Python Exercise: Check whether an alphabet is a vowel or consonant

Python Conditional: Exercise - 32 with Solution

Write a Python program to check whether an alphabet is a vowel or consonant.

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l = input("Input a letter of the alphabet: ")

if l in ('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'):
	print("%s is a vowel." % l)
elif l == 'y':
	print("Sometimes letter y stand for vowel, sometimes stand for consonant.")
else:
	print("%s is a consonant." % l) 
	 

Sample Output:

Input a letter of the alphabet: u                                                                             
u is a vowel. 

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