word = input("input your word: ") + ' ' pairs = "" for i in range(1, len(word)): if word[i] == word[i-1]: pairs += word[i] print(word[i-1].upper(), end='') else: print(word[i-1], end='') print("") done = "" total = 0 for i in pairs: if (i not in done): done += i total += pairs.count(i) print(f"you have {pairs.count(i)} pairs of {i}") print("you have", total, "pairs total")