input: def count_even_odd_digits(number):
      """Takes an integer and returns a tuple containing the count of even and odd digits.
  
       Example:
          count_even_odd_digits(-12) ==> (1, 1)
          count_even_odd_digits(123) ==> (1, 2)
      """
output:     number = abs(number)  # Take the absolute value to handle negative numbers
      even_count = 0
      odd_count = 0
  
      while number > 0:
          digit = number % 10
          if digit % 2 == 0:
              even_count += 1
          else:
              odd_count += 1
          number //= 10
  
      return (even_count, odd_count)