#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
'''
Created on Oct 21, 2016

Syllable counter for Swedish words

@author: David
'''
import re

def count_syllables(word):
    '''
    Return number of syllables in a Swedish word.
    
    Syllables are counted as number of vowels except vowel combinations with 'u' (eu,au,...) which are counted as one syllable
    '''
    return len(re.findall("[aeioäöå]|[^aeioäöå]u|^u", word))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print(count_syllables("stjärnan"))