Syllable Count Function

[pav1983]

Create a function that counts the number of syllables a word has. Each syllable is separated with a dash -.

Examples
number_syllables("buf-fet") ➞ 2

number_syllables("beau-ti-ful") ➞ 3

number_syllables("mon-u-men-tal") ➞ 4

number_syllables("on-o-mat-o-poe-ia") ➞ 6

Notes
Don't forget to return the result.
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This is what I came up with so far:

def number_syllables(word):
	return word.split("-") and word.count(word)

[GOTO10]

The string.split() method is going to return a list. You don't need to return the list itself, just the count of items in the list.

[DPaul]

Another approach:

x = "mon-u-men-tal"

Edit:
How many syls and how many dashes can you count?

Paul

[pyzyx3qwerty]

@DPaul, it would be preferred if you didn't give the answer to OP, as he is supposed to figure out the answer by himself with us giving him clues/hints, not the answer directly, as then it won't his effort but the person who wrote the code for him