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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:
+ if len(position_vowels) < 2:
+ (start, stop) = (0, len(string)-1)
+ else:
+ 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)