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Replace four letter word in python

I want write a file in the python shell, run a program in it, and then close the file.

Here is the code I have right now.

def censor(fileName):
    file = open(fileName, "r")
    for i in len(myList):
        censoredFile = open("censored.txt", "w")
        outputFile.write(censoredFile)
    outputFile.close()

The program I want to run isn’t in the program yet because I’m just trying to figure out how to deal with files. I have some programming experience but not a lot with files. Any input would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Answer 1

This is the code you need to read a file, replace all the four letter word and write the final result into a different file.

def censor(fileName):
    output_content = ""
    with open(fileName, "r") as input_file:
        with open("censored.txt", "w") as output_file:
            output_content = ""
            for line in input_file:
                output_content += ' '.join([word if len(word) != 4 else "****" for word in line.split(" ")])
            output_file.write(output_content)

It should be it.