input: def count_even_and_odd_digits(number):
      """Takes an integer input and outputs a tuple containing the count of even and odd digits.
  
       Example:
          count_even_and_odd_digits(-12) ==> (1, 1)
          count_even_and_odd_digits(123) ==> (1, 2)
      """
output:     number = abs(number)
      even_count, odd_count = 0, 0
      while number > 0:
          digit = number % 10
          if digit % 2 == 0:
              even_count += 1
          else:
              odd_count += 1
          number = number // 10
      return even_count, odd_count