Residue Calculus for Evaluating e^z/cosh z on Circle |z|=5

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I need to use residue calculus to evaluate:
\oint_C {\frac{{e^z }}{{\cosh z}}} dz
where C is the circle |z|=5
My only problem (which is a stupid one) is working out how many poles the function has inside the circle. I know its going to have them at pi*i/2 + pi*i*k. This is probably a really stupid question, but I've left a lot of this course till the last minute. :(
 
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Worked it out. I'm an idiot for overlooking something so simple.
 
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