vowels

from random import *

#function to count the number of vowels of a nominated word
def countvowels(word,counter):
    vowels = "aeiou" #list of vowels to compare against the word
    for letter in word:
        x = 0
        for vowel in vowels:
            if vowels[x] ==letter: #cycle through the vowels to compare with each letter
                counter +=1
                break
            x += 1
    return word, counter #return the number of vowels


counter = 0
word = input("Enter a word to count the number of vowels: " )
wordcount = countvowels(word, counter)
print("in the word " + wordcount[0] + " there are " + str(wordcount[1])+ " vowels")