(IN PYTHON) Problem 2   Write a function count_8s(string) that performs the following actions: Receives a single parameter called string that we expect to be a string. If we receive something that is NOT a string, raise a TypeError with the message “Non-string input received.” Uses recursion to count the number of eights in the string. Use a string of length 0 as your base case. Otherwise, determine if the first character in string is “8” or not, and call count_8s() again with the rest of the string as an argument. Returns the number of eights found in the string. NOTE: You are not to use a while or for loop in your code

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Write a function count_8s(string) that performs the following actions:

Receives a single parameter called string that we expect to be a string.

If we receive something that is NOT a string, raise a TypeError with the message “Non-string input received.”

Uses recursion to count the number of eights in the string.

Use a string of length 0 as your base case.

Otherwise, determine if the first character in string is “8” or not, and call count_8s() again with the rest of the string as an argument.

Returns the number of eights found in the string.

NOTE: You are not to use a while or for loop in your code.

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