add solutions week 279 in python

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from pprint import pprint
+
+
+def split_string(string, print_strings=False):
+    """ Given a string, split the given string into two containing exactly same
+    number of vowels and return true if you can otherwise false.
+    >>> split_string("perl")
+    False
+    >>> split_string("book")
+    True
+    >>> split_string("good morning")
+    True
+    """
+    if len(string) < 2:
+        return False
+
+    position_vowels = [i for i, c in enumerate(string) if c.casefold() in 'aeiou']
+
+    if not len(position_vowels) % 2 == 0:
+        return False
+
+    if print_strings:
+        split_index = int(len(position_vowels)/2) - 1
+        (start, stop) = (position_vowels[split_index], position_vowels[split_index+1])
+        pprint([(string[:i+1], string[i+1:]) for i in range(start, stop)])
+
+    return True
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import doctest
+
+    doctest.testmod(verbose=True)