Python: function with list in arguments

Question

I created a function which replace word by special characters in string. It works well once I need to replace only one word. Now I need to have possibility to extend list of words from one to more (2, 3 4...).

Working code for one argument - word you can find below. What I need now is to have possibility to insert more than one word so it could be replaced in code by special signs.

def cenzura(text, word, sign="#"):
   if word in text:
       return text.replace(word, len(word)*sign)
   else:
       return text

cenzura("The day when I left", "day", sign="$")

If you want to pass a list as an argument you can do that just like with any other variable and treat is as a normal list in the code. — matszwecja
– matszwecja, Commented Feb 9, 2022 at 10:42

butterflyknife · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-09 10:50:19Z

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If you are happy masking all words in the list with the same symbol:

def cenzura_list(text, word_list, sign="#"):
    for word in word_list:
        text = cenzura(text, word, sign)
    return text

cenzura_list("The day when I left", ["day", "I"], sign="$") # 'The $$$ when $ left'

To add: if you do need to mask different words with different symbols, you can use a dict.

def cenzura_dict(text, mapping_dict):
    for word in mapping_dict.keys():
        text = cenzura(text, word, mapping_dict[word])
    return text

cenzura_dict("The day when I left", {"day":"%", "I":"$"}) # 'The %%% when $ left'

edited Feb 9, 2022 at 10:50

answered Feb 9, 2022 at 10:44

butterflyknife

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6 Comments

Hubert S Over a year ago

NameError: name 'cenzura' is not defined

butterflyknife Over a year ago

I'm just using the same cenzura function that you defined in your question :-)

Hubert S Over a year ago

Ok, now I got it. So we have two functions. One is mine and second is yours. So we cannot do the task within one function?

matszwecja Over a year ago

@butterflyknife Instead of overloading you can also just check for type of variable with isinstance()

Hubert S Over a year ago

Ok, let stay with current way.

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