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luc076.c

Problem Statement

Write a program to count the number of occurrences of any two vowels in succession in a line of text.

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Author Amit Dutta amitdutta4255@gmail.com
Date 08 Feb 2026
License MIT License (See the LICENSE file for details)
Difficulty Beginner (index: 2 / 10)

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  • Recursion
  • Array
  • Iteration

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Source Code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>

int is_vowel(char c)
{
    c = tolower(c);
    return (c == 'a' || c == 'e' || c == 'i' || c == 'o' || c == 'u');
}

int main()
{
    char str[100];
    int i, count = 0;

    printf("Enter a line of text: ");
    gets(str);

    printf("Occurrences found:\n");
    for (i = 0; str[i] != '\0'; i++)
    {
        if (is_vowel(str[i]) && is_vowel(str[i+1]))
        {
            printf("'%c%c' ", str[i], str[i+1]);
            count++;
        }
    }

    printf("\n\nTotal number of successive vowels: %d\n", count);

    return 0;
}

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    CODE (luc076.c):

    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <string.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <ctype.h>

    int is_vowel(char c)
    {
        c = tolower(c);
        return (c == 'a' || c == 'e' || c == 'i' || c == 'o' || c == 'u');
    }

    int main()
    {
        char str[100];
        int i, count = 0;

        printf("Enter a line of text: ");
        gets(str);

        printf("Occurrences found:\n");
        for (i = 0; str[i] != '\0'; i++)
        {
            if (is_vowel(str[i]) && is_vowel(str[i+1]))
            {
                printf("'%c%c' ", str[i], str[i+1]);
                count++;
            }
        }

        printf("\n\nTotal number of successive vowels: %d\n", count);

        return 0;
    }