Python - Replace a word with hash characters in a string
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Python Exercises: Replace a word with hash characters in a string

Python String: Exercise-103 with Solution

Write a Python program to replace each character of a word of length five and more with hash character (#).

Sample Solution-1:

Python Code:

def test(text):
	for i in text.split():
		if len(i) >= 5:
			text = text.replace(i, "#" * len(i))
	return text

text ="Count the lowercase letters in the said list of words:"
print("Original string:", text)
print("Replace words (length five or more) with hash characters in the said string:")
print(test(text))
text = "Python - Remove punctuations from a string:"
print("\nOriginal string:", text)
print("Replace words (length five or more) with hash characters in the said string:")
print(test(text))

Sample Output:

Original string: Count the lowercase letters in the said list of words:
Replace words (length five or more) with hash characters in the said string:
##### the ######### ####### in the said list of ######

Original string: Python - Remove punctuations from a string:
Replace words (length five or more) with hash characters in the said string:
###### - ###### ############ from a #######

Flowchart:

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Sample Solution-2:

Python Code:

def test(text):
    return ' '.join('#' * len(i) if len(i) >= 5 else i for i in text.split(' '))
text ="Count the lowercase letters in the said list of words:"
print("Original string:", text)
print("Replace words (length five or more) with hash characters in the said string:")
print(test(text))
text = "Python - Remove punctuations from a string:"
print("\nOriginal string:", text)
print("Replace words (length five or more) with hash characters in the said string:")
print(test(text))

Sample Output:

Original string: Count the lowercase letters in the said list of words:
Replace words (length five or more) with hash characters in the said string:
##### the ######### ####### in the said list of ######

Original string: Python - Remove punctuations from a string:
Replace words (length five or more) with hash characters in the said string:
###### - ###### ############ from a #######

Flowchart:

Flowchart: Replace a word with hash characters in a string.

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